Temporarily Housing My Fish In The Bath

[Anchovie]

Cause with a razor Blade you can run it against the glass and the silicone will release with a few passes. Silicone is flexible so if you have to use a sawing motion, you won't get too far.


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[SePPii]

Grab like a 30 gallon plastic container they will be fine in that for a few hours. That's how I transport fish I buy when it's a long distance. Could even buy a brand new minnow bucket aerator if your that paranoid


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[wiggywhitetrash]

Cause with a razor Blade you can run it against the glass and the silicone will release with a few passes. Silicone is flexible so if you have to use a sawing motion, you won't get too far.


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Thanks, I'll grab some Saturday AM and go with the tote method, seems less hassle as long as they're gonna be OK in close quarters for a few hours.

 

[Anchovie]

Was the background water tight or was it there to hide filtration?


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[wiggywhitetrash]

Was the background water tight or was it there to hide filtration?


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It's not watertight, purely cosmetic

 

[convict4life]

Just buy one of the small kids pools shaped like a shell.put your tank water in there heater aswell then add fish.then do the same when putting the fish back in the tank.and i think the use of the tank water will do good for your bacteria in your filter.

 

[cacichilds]

or buy a 50g rubbermaid garbage barrel. I proffer that since it's much sturdier. And I think the dark grey or green walls help cause less stress.

don't use your tub unless it was a emergency.

 

[wiggywhitetrash]

All done, thanks to everyone that offered their input on this.
Before...

After...


Wasn't too difficult thankfully, the background was only attached by a couple of strips of silicone. Grabbed me one of these for £6...

The fish are back in and both cichlids have claimed a cave each. They seem happy although there was a fair bit of bickering over territories. My firemouth has always been king of the tank but after the background was removed and I added the wood, my Oscar was chasing him all over the tank everytime he left his cave. After I began to think my O was the new alpha male, this proved to be short lived. Once my firemouth started flaring at him, my O backed down FAST...



The hierarchy seems to be back to normal now and they have both chilled out. I have a cool video of the square off if anyone wants to see it. Thanks Again.

Steve

 

[convict4life]

Nice work mate and nice fish too

 

[cichliddave]

Congrats! However the before pic looks aewsome, just my opinion. Great looking fish.