transporting a big RTC
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I have been doing a fish rescue in memphis for about a year now. Too many monsters in small tanks. I haven't had many catfish over the 12" mark but i have had a few 20+" pacus. I bought a 50g igloo cooler from walmart and just moved 3 18" Albino channel cats and they made the 4 hour trip around memphis while i made all my stops. I added a 40 Whisper air pump and all went well. I may look into that
Did you move the pacu in the same way? We are moving to Germany and have a 20hr drive! Gonna take a big trailer though, and let them swim behind the boat to stretch their fins...
basslover34;2675021; said:I don't know what you guys in the UK do with flasks... but here we save them for our booze:thumbup:
it's harder to control the temp when you do that though and 3-4hours is along time to try to fiddle with water temps... I have a small 50watt heater that I use in the car... I have brought fish from 12 hours of driving in weather that was easily -40 at points with the fish in the unheated trunk with no problems with that setup
seems like we have the same idea for our flasks
King Edward;2677935; said:
Yep, same cooler. I don't know about a 20h trip but if you must, starve the fish for a few days, maybe even a week. Use fresh clean water, large air pump and maybe even some API Ammo Lock just in case.
yes dont feedin him for 3 days befor the move at least or he will be sick and put his life indanger with the dirty water 
but uve come and asked mfk so he will make it 
haha
but uve come and asked mfk so he will make it hahaOr.... put a sponge filter in their current tank to seed it and then use that in their travel container, I can't remember who it was that moved their fish across the states with this method. That way if you stop over at a hotel or run into problems with traffic then your still goodtoehead11183;2678182; said:
Thats a good Idea too.
I saw your redtail and was very tempted to take him for my pond. I just didnt know where you were in Jersey.
I saw your redtail and was very tempted to take him for my pond. I just didnt know where you were in Jersey.
The fish is still available. I live near the George Washington Bridge in NJ.
BTW...I'm hooked onto this site now.
and can someone tell me WTH the "BUMP" this means
thanks MFK's
BTW...I'm hooked onto this site now.
and can someone tell me WTH the "BUMP" this means
thanks MFK's
Thor01;2678564; said:
"Bump" is just a way of "bumping" a thread to the top of the list... people do it to keep interest in their or someone elses threads
