Moving To A Fish Room!

[guppymonkey]

We are moving this weekend and I will finally have a fish room for my fish. Luckily the new house is only a few miles away but I am still worried about moving my big fish. The little fish are just going into breather bags and then into a cooler for the trip over. I am not quite sure how the big fish are going to like the move. I have to move my full grown oscar and then the other tank with Severums, Silver Dollars, a firemouth, kribensis, and my yellow plecos. I was thinking about just moving them in a couple 5 gallon buckets. Do you think they would be okay in them for a couple hours? I am not sure how long its going to take to drain both tanks, move them and then set them up again.

 

[madmom]

I'd be afraid of the buckets tipping over or the fish getting out, myself. Maybe you could use styrafoam coolers with lids.

 

[00mitomk]

ive seen fish arrive in huge containers before a fully grown bgk was in one im sure u can ask yer lfs to save you some coz thy usally throw them away,thy r strong and shouldnt tip over coz they come in like vans

Mi les

 

[Miss Wiggle]

yup ask your lfs for a polybox, they get fish delivered in them and they'll be big enough to hold the big fish, they also retain the heat so it'll be less stressful for the fish

 

[PaulEbs]

i third that

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[cane76]

good luck

 

[CFC]

Follow this guide, i moved house 6 months ago which involved moving 12 tanks and fish up to 2 feet long and using the methods decribed there didnt lose a single fish.

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=129060

 

[MoMa]

Follow this guide, i moved house 6 months ago which involved moving 12 tanks and fish up to 2 feet long and using the methods decribed there didnt lose a single fish.

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=129060

I second this...

I used to work for a tropical fish / small mammal distributor.

All of our fish were bagged w/ extra air -- think twice the size of the bag you get for 1 fish at your lfs per fish. Place the bags into coolers or styrofoam boxes - check w/ your lfs for borrow-ability.

I would try to save as much of the original water as possible as to not require a re-cycle of tanks.

When I delivered fish, they were in the truck for up to 20 hours, with a less than 1% die off rate. Understand that smaller, fragile species may not make the move well.

As for the bigguns, check with a local bait shop for the battery powered "bait crates" (or at least that's what we call them here). They're basically a cooler with a battery operated heater and air pump. I've seen them as large as 4 feet long.

please take in mind that i have never tried to move any fish larger than 6" on my own, and while working for the distributor, any large trophy fish were packaged in very large bags and often sedated.