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blabadie

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Hello,

I am moving from Nebraska to Colorado in 2 days and it is an 8 hour drive. I need to move my entire Saltwater set up which is a 22 gallon cube. I have 4 fish and no coral (Percula, Six Line, Royal Gramma, Firefish). I have an outlet adapter for my car, it has one outlet on it. I also have one styrofoam fish transporting box and 3 5gal buckets with lids on hand.

Here's what I am thinking.

On the morning of the move, I will put all of my LR into a 5 gallon bucket and fill that bucket with water so that the LR is completely submerged. I will fill the other 2 5 gallon buckets with remaining salt water from my tank. I can either fill the styrofoam box with saltwater and then put the fish in there or I can separate them among the buckets (obviously not with the LR). I will leave the sand substrate in the tank and carry it out to the car, followed by the water (buckets) and then the stand. I can buy some air tablets or I can run an air pump off of the outlet. I am thinking it makes more sense to run a heater or a powerhead off of the outlet in my car (the heater for the fish, or the powerhead for the LR). What do you all think?

When I get there, I should be able to put everything back together fairly quickly, the only catch is that we have to stay at a hotel until the next day. I am not allowed to move into my dorm until tuesday and we are arriving monday. This is perhaps the most tricky part of it. Am I better off ditching the fish (selling them) or trying this out...this is something that seems plausible if I work out any kinks... what kind of other equipment would I need? Maybe another 5 gallon bucket with fresh saltwater mixed for water changes? A chemical to get rid of ammonia?

I need ideas, and fast.

Thanks,

Brandon

ps. I have read around the forums a bit and I havent come across anyone who has done this over this long of a period.
 
Right, ok...no help :(

Anyway, I decided to go this route. I am putting my four fish in a five gallon bucket and my LR and macro algae in two other five gallon buckets. The fish will have a heated container and i have a battery operated air pump for them as well. I am hoping that this will sustain life for 8 hours until I can get to the hotel, do a water change, and hook them up to a power source for real.

I hope this works, I'll let you all know.

Brandon
 
It sounds like a well laid plan brandon. Do your best to keep an open-top to the buckets the fish are being kept in as they'll need oxygen exchange to survive well. I'd also suggest fasting them for a day before the move. Less fish poop means less possibility for nutrient problems.
 

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