Bloo
~ I learn something new ~ ~~~~ every day ~~~~
Moving house with fish is just always added stress on top of the actual move. Saturday was a day I was looking forward to as well as absolutely dreaded. Moving a 120 US gallon tank down narrow stairs with tight corners (despite empty) is really not an easy task 
So I enlisted the help of some professional movers and just held my breath and hoped they'd survived and didn't sustain any personal injury.
They did an ace job and I have to take my hat off to them for moving my fish (on their laps) in the van as well. Luckily it was only a 10 minute car journey, but the one bucket didn't have a lid on, and (I'm not joking) when he opened the van door, water came streaming out of it! The poor chap was absolute drenched from chest to toes - and didn't even blink an eye - bless him!!
The reason why the one bucket didn't have a lid, was because it was a very last minute snap decision. I had a large sealable container ready to just chuck all the fish in, but then I discovered that a pair of Anglefish had just laid eggs on the powerhead
what bad timing!
They were seriously aggro to the other fish, so I had to split the pair from the rest. And all had to be done so quickly, hence all the other fish going into the open container. What a mess!
I chucked the powerhead into the Angelfish bucket as well - just to keep them amused really and hopefully less stressed.
It took about 8 hours of all the fish just sitting in a (heated but unfiltered) bucket while I did the move and new set-up. Then transferred all the new fish + powerhead covered in eggs, back into the tank. They all settled in well, and Angel mom + dad resumed their tank terror rage. I just let them be and settle in and didn't think anything further of it.
Low and behold, what did I see last night - 10 zillion (ok, perhaps a bit less) Angelfish fry hanging from the powerhead
How the heck did they survive being transferred back and forth in varying temperatures in an unfiltered bucket (for 8 hours) and then chucked into a 100% water change? Just goes to show hey?
Well fingers crossed I should have no casualties. The fry will probably just be gobbled up by the others in no time - I have no intention in raising Angel Fish Fry. Looking at all Tolak's tanks, I can see it's hard work! In future I think I'll just remove the eggs. Guess that's the best thing to do?
So I enlisted the help of some professional movers and just held my breath and hoped they'd survived and didn't sustain any personal injury.They did an ace job and I have to take my hat off to them for moving my fish (on their laps) in the van as well. Luckily it was only a 10 minute car journey, but the one bucket didn't have a lid on, and (I'm not joking) when he opened the van door, water came streaming out of it! The poor chap was absolute drenched from chest to toes - and didn't even blink an eye - bless him!!
The reason why the one bucket didn't have a lid, was because it was a very last minute snap decision. I had a large sealable container ready to just chuck all the fish in, but then I discovered that a pair of Anglefish had just laid eggs on the powerhead
what bad timing!They were seriously aggro to the other fish, so I had to split the pair from the rest. And all had to be done so quickly, hence all the other fish going into the open container. What a mess!
I chucked the powerhead into the Angelfish bucket as well - just to keep them amused really and hopefully less stressed.
It took about 8 hours of all the fish just sitting in a (heated but unfiltered) bucket while I did the move and new set-up. Then transferred all the new fish + powerhead covered in eggs, back into the tank. They all settled in well, and Angel mom + dad resumed their tank terror rage. I just let them be and settle in and didn't think anything further of it.
Low and behold, what did I see last night - 10 zillion (ok, perhaps a bit less) Angelfish fry hanging from the powerhead
How the heck did they survive being transferred back and forth in varying temperatures in an unfiltered bucket (for 8 hours) and then chucked into a 100% water change? Just goes to show hey?
Well fingers crossed I should have no casualties. The fry will probably just be gobbled up by the others in no time - I have no intention in raising Angel Fish Fry. Looking at all Tolak's tanks, I can see it's hard work! In future I think I'll just remove the eggs. Guess that's the best thing to do?
