Moving Advice

[canarsie11]

Moving end of december!

Good News just around the corner.

What is the procedure?

 

[pnyklr3]

Since you are already moving everything, I would say:

Put the substrate in a 5 gallon bucket and pour tank water over it to keep it moist; don't want the benificial bacteria dying. (Only fill the bucket as full as you can carry,; this might take a few). You can buy lids for the buckets.

Do the same with any decorations you have (bacteria on them too)

I asked my LFS for some of the bags the send home fish in. I offered to pay for some, but they just gave them to me. After bagging (and then rebagging just in case) my fish, I placed the bags in a styrafoam cooler so that their temps remained as stable as possible.

How far are you moving? I honestly would transport my water too, to put into the tank at the new place, because of any possible differencees in the tap water.

Hope this Helps!

 

[parker313]

It depends on how far you're moving..... If it's a relatively close by move (within a couple hours' drive) then I'd just bring the fish with me. If you're moving cross country then I'd sell/give my fish back to the lfs and just move the tanks with me.

 

[canarsie11]

short move. 10 min walk. 30 second drive.

Right around the corner

 

[FishDan]

I would just pack everything in buckets (substrate, water, decorations, fish) for such a short move. I moved about 10 minutes from my last place and that's what I did. I also used some of those "water cooler" water jugs to hold some water, in addition to a couple 5 gallon buckets with lids. Do not carry your tank with water or substrate still in it. The tank is not designed for this and will likely break, or the seals will weaken and the tank will break/leak later.

\Dan