I'm in the process of moving from Vancouver, BC, to Fort St. John BC. This is about 800 miles northeast, and takes 13 hours to drive on a nice day. I'd never moved a fish that far before, and I was a bit stuck on how to even get started, but I've been thinking about it for quite a while. I'll let the pics tell the story of what I did.
This is a 120L tool bin I got from Canadian Tire a number of years ago. I don't think they sell them anymore, and it's too bad, cuz it's freaking awesome. You can see I cut a couple notches for FX5 hardware to attach.
Similar Notches in Lid
6AM this morning. My ~20" Aro (he might be bigger, it's really hard to measure). None the wiser what's in store for today.
My Pleco from that tank in the bin:
Most of the water drained. The tank is about 200gl, so this took a while. It was almost 7 at this point.
The Aro netted into the bin. I was surprised this went pretty smoothly. Last time I moved him it was a gongshow
FX5 hardware removed from the tank and set in the bin, along with a 200W heater:
This jury rigged setup in the back of my truck. I'm really glad I didn't get pulled over and have to explain the apparatus:
Fish in the truck, you can see he lost a couple scales.
Misc road trip scenery. Transition from pissing rain in vancouver to frozen lakes and snow in the north. It snowed a number of times on the trip, which was a nice treat for late april.
Roughly 12:30AM (Arrived at 11:30, had to fill the tub and carefully carry the freaking heavy tub into the house by myself)
Unceremoniously dumped into the tub
This is a 120L tool bin I got from Canadian Tire a number of years ago. I don't think they sell them anymore, and it's too bad, cuz it's freaking awesome. You can see I cut a couple notches for FX5 hardware to attach.
Similar Notches in Lid
6AM this morning. My ~20" Aro (he might be bigger, it's really hard to measure). None the wiser what's in store for today.
My Pleco from that tank in the bin:
Most of the water drained. The tank is about 200gl, so this took a while. It was almost 7 at this point.
The Aro netted into the bin. I was surprised this went pretty smoothly. Last time I moved him it was a gongshow
FX5 hardware removed from the tank and set in the bin, along with a 200W heater:
This jury rigged setup in the back of my truck. I'm really glad I didn't get pulled over and have to explain the apparatus:
Fish in the truck, you can see he lost a couple scales.
Misc road trip scenery. Transition from pissing rain in vancouver to frozen lakes and snow in the north. It snowed a number of times on the trip, which was a nice treat for late april.
Roughly 12:30AM (Arrived at 11:30, had to fill the tub and carefully carry the freaking heavy tub into the house by myself)
Unceremoniously dumped into the tub
