Moving Fish

[KatieP]

Next Thursday I will be leaving college for the christmas break and I have to take home 13 fish! The trip will only last around 2-2.5 hours, but I still need to know how to do this.

I have :
1 plato
1 angelfish
2 albino cordoras
3 zebra danios
2 mollies
3 mollie fry
1 betta

I don't even know where to start to even ask questions!
- Please & thank you!

 

[mbeer21]

I moved my entire tank 600km - detailed most of the info in this topic here

That might be able to help you out

 

[KatieP]

Thanks!

 

[mbeer21]

No problem send me a message if you have questions about it.

 

[techen]

Is the tank your taking your fish too cycled because adding 13 fish at one time would most likey kill them. How big is the fish tank? I would also be looking at your fish list, You really need a good group of 5+ corys. A betta and angel am not enitely sure about. I really guess it depends on the size of your tank, so long as it's not like 3-5G

 

[CezzaXV]

How long will you be away for? Most fish can quite happily go two weeks without food, not to mention the fact that a mature tank should have loads of natural yummies in.

 

[KatieP]

The fish are spread out between three different tanks, and yes I know I need more, just need to wait for my bigger tank!
And I'll be gone for month+ and they are requiring us to unplug everything.

 

[DreamertK]

I'd take the filter media with you too, since that'll surely be gone by the time you come back to the tank for winter/spring quarter and would be useful in the new tank.