Finally Getting A Fish Room!

[guppymonkey]

We are moving to a new house and I am going to finally have a room just for my fish! Right now they are scattered all over the appartment on various shelves and countertops. I can't wait to have them all together in one spot, it will make maintenance sooooo much easier! I am just worried about moving all the tanks! I have some pretty good sized fish, some 3/4 size severums, 4 full grown silver dollars in one tank and in my other tank I have a full grown oscar, a full grown pleco and a half grown jack demsey. How could they survive in a bucket with one of those battery operated air pumps? I am not moving very far, only about 5 miles but I am not sure how long its going to take me to set up their tanks once they get moved!

Also, our new house has a septic system. I have always lived on city sewer systems. Would it be possible to overflow our septic system doing large water changes? I usually do all my tanks on the same days, so that would be several hundred gallons within a few hours? Would it just be better to hook the hose out an open window and water the lawn with a lot of water? I was hoping I was going to have a well and not have to worry about dechlorinating my water but no luck its on municipal water for the tap but on septic for the waste water.

 

[madmom]

I don't know if they overflow but my auntie seemed to think they did. You can run a hose into the yard put some holes in the hose for drip irrigation. Move the hose when you do water changes so more of yhe lawn benifits from the fish water. Well water has its problems too. pH differs from well to well so does mineral and metal content. Some even have small amounts of flouride in them. My neighbor buys water because his smells like rotten eggs.

 

[Tolak]

You can use coolers instead of buckets, they work much better for larger fish. Cheap disposable styrofoam ones are a couple of bucks each. They will get enough aeration from the water moving while being transported, Large cichlids & such are sold at auctions in those coolers. They stay in there for 12+ hours, just make sure the lid is taped.

I work with a guy who used to have a septic field, he is pretty up on them. I'll ask him tomorrow.