Moving Soon
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Moving Soon
Hey folks!
I'll be moving across town soon, and I'm a little worried. I have a 90 gallon tank, with 4 clown loaches (ranging 3 to 6 inches), 5 bala sharks (about the same range), 5 giant Danios, and a Black Ghost Knife. I also have an almost empty 30 gallon tank, and a 10 gallon tank reserved for hospitalization. Here's my concern: how do I move this tank in the middle of the Canadian Winter without hurting any of the fish?
Any thoughts and ideas on how to use all the tanks combined (very friendly fish everywhere, but the BGK can't be with the small fish from the 30 gallon). It's starting to sound like one of those MENSA logical puzzles isn't it?
I'll be moving across town soon, and I'm a little worried. I have a 90 gallon tank, with 4 clown loaches (ranging 3 to 6 inches), 5 bala sharks (about the same range), 5 giant Danios, and a Black Ghost Knife. I also have an almost empty 30 gallon tank, and a 10 gallon tank reserved for hospitalization. Here's my concern: how do I move this tank in the middle of the Canadian Winter without hurting any of the fish?
Any thoughts and ideas on how to use all the tanks combined (very friendly fish everywhere, but the BGK can't be with the small fish from the 30 gallon). It's starting to sound like one of those MENSA logical puzzles isn't it?
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I would bag the fish and keep them in a styrofoam box or drink cooler so that their temperature is as constant as possible.
I just moved a good 45 minutes by car with two loach tanks. I drained all but an inch of water out of both tanks, leaving plants and gravel intact. Don't clean your filters. When you get to the destination, fill the tanks with water at the right temperature, add your dechlor and chemicals (if any), and run the dirty filters. Then just float your fish bags for a good fifteen or twenty minutes before releasing the fish.
The gravel and filters will be enough to preserve your bio-filter and your fish will have very minimal shock time. And it was hovering around freezing when I moved, too. I didn't lose any fish at all.
I just moved a good 45 minutes by car with two loach tanks. I drained all but an inch of water out of both tanks, leaving plants and gravel intact. Don't clean your filters. When you get to the destination, fill the tanks with water at the right temperature, add your dechlor and chemicals (if any), and run the dirty filters. Then just float your fish bags for a good fifteen or twenty minutes before releasing the fish.
The gravel and filters will be enough to preserve your bio-filter and your fish will have very minimal shock time. And it was hovering around freezing when I moved, too. I didn't lose any fish at all.
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