How To Move Fish An Tank

[fluttermoth]

If your maintanence is up to scratch, there should be no problem with a near 100% water change, unless you're moving from a very hard water area to a very soft or vice versa but a 30 minute move is very unlikely to do that!

It's perfectly safe to use water from the hot water tap.

 

[Claire121]

They should be fine.

Visit your lfs and ask them to show you how to bag up fish if you're unsure about it, and purchase some bags from them. 1/5th water to 45/th air, twist the top of the bag until it is not depressable any more, then fold the twisted bit over and tie with an elastic band. Store in a polystyrene box, or a cardboard/plastic box if you don't have a poly box but make sure then they are wrapped in towels. Stick to around 6-8 fish per bag for the teras, less for larger fish.

Just wanted to add - remember to tape the corners !

If you haven't seen it done - my lfs lay the bag carefully on its flat side after tying the top, and ran a single piece of sellotape from left hand bottom corner to right hand bottom corner. They then put each individual plastic bag inside a brown paper bag and then both inside another plastic bag. Does that make sense - it's difficult to describe !

HTH

 

[mmanist]

I keep mine by the woodburner, LOL I just made sure that they didnt get to hot sitting there.