Transporting fish

[Charlied81]

So I need some help. I currently have a red bay snook and a peacock bass. They are small they are in a 65g. I just bought a 175g from fb marketplace. I'm picking up sat. I wasn't aware the guy has about 10 African cichlids in it. He wanted me to take them. I didn't want them but if i didn't take them they are dead. So I'll gladly take them. He is 2hrs away and i need time to set up the tank for all the fish now. How can i transport them to keep them alive for probably 5-6 while driving and setting up?

 

[Ogertron3000]

Depending on the size of them they should be fine in a big bucket or suitable sized container with an airstone for 5-6 hours. Maybe get a battery powered one for the actual driving.
Will you be able to get a tank cycled in that time is the main question, if you have established filters or media you should be okay.
Honestly if you dont want the fish I would just arrange to drop them into an LFS on the return trip, why go though all the hassle if you dont actually want them?

 

[Charlied81]

Depending on the size of them they should be fine in a big bucket or suitable sized container with an airstone for 5-6 hours. Maybe get a battery powered one for the actual driving.
Will you be able to get a tank cycled in that time is the main question, if you have established filters or media you should be okay.
Honestly if you dont want the fish I would just arrange to drop them into an LFS on the return trip, why go though all the hassle if you dont actually want them?

It's not that I don't want them. I was planning on getting more cichlids. It's that I can't throw 20 fish in my 65g that I'm currently using so it makes this difficult to instantly get this new tank up and going.

 

[Charlied81]

I'm not sure how many fish he has in there and i have 4 already. Some are small some are bigger and my fish may eat the small ones so i can't mix them.

 

[esoxlucius]

Transportation is relatively easy as per Ogertron3000 comments.

You have a bigger problem as i see it. If it'd just been a clean empty 175g tank you could transfer your two fish over to the new tank, along with your media, and you'd be good to go, easy. Those unexpected Africans have thrown a spanner in the works somewhat.

I'd be tempted to leave your two fish in your 65g for now and set up the 175g for your Africans, for the time being anyway. Don't forget, to be on the safe side, those Africans are going to need a quarantine period, just in case the stress of the move starts an outbreak of something. What better than quarantining them in their current set up with their current media?

That's another thing, when transferring your fish in your buckets, throw the media from the 175g in there too.

Once all settled in a few weeks time then you can decide what you're going to do next.

 

[Charlied81]

Transportation is relatively easy as per Ogertron3000 comments.

You have a bigger problem as i see it. If it'd just been a clean empty 175g tank you could transfer your two fish over to the new tank, along with your media, and you'd be good to go, easy. Those unexpected Africans have thrown a spanner in the works somewhat.

I'd be tempted to leave your two fish in your 65g for now and set up the 175g for your Africans, for the time being anyway. Don't forget, to be on the safe side, those Africans are going to need a quarantine period, just in case the stress of the move starts an outbreak of something. What better than quarantining them in their current set up with their current media?

That's another thing, when transferring your fish in your buckets, throw the media from the 175g in there too.

Once all settled in a few weeks time then you can decide what you're going to do next.

That sounds like a really good idea actually. Thanks.