Transporting / Moving

[ReddSamurai]

I am moving next month max will be about a half hour drive distance.
but what process would you say is best?
My current idea is to get some bags from my LFS bag and tie all the fish and keep them in a darkened box then empty about 90/95% of what water is left in the tank.
Any tips/suggestions?

 

[Chris0422]

I'm moving in a few months my self. I'm going to put my fish in 2 five gallon buckets with lids and cut some holes in the top. That I have done before works great. As for the tank I am going to empty 95% of the water and then carry on plywood cut to shape. I don't want to dig up my plants. And hopefully the bottom won't fall out or anything crazy. Hope this helps. Please post what you do and what works.

 

[Blondielovesfish]

Here's a helpful guide I found awhile ago:
http/www.hollywoodfishfarm.co.nz/read/story/341/
 
Hopefully that helps!

 

[techen]

You could bag them or put them in a bucket. Anything works, my lfs is around 40mins drive away and my fish are always fine when I come home with them in bags. They can go for hours like that.

 

[TallTree01]

Fish are fine in travel. It's about1/2 and hour to my LFS or even my local pet shop.

 

[Lunar Jetman]

Also remembering that all fish are delivered to your LFS so are transported often several days to get there. I think you'll be fine if you pack them up properly.

I moved last year about 20 minutes from my old home. I had a spare tank that was about 1/8th the size of my main tank so I saved enough water for this and kept the filter going in it when i got to my new place. The fish were in a bucket so it all basically got put into the smaller tank and all was ok until I was able to get my main tank back up and running a few weeks later.

 

[snazy]

I am moving next month max will be about a half hour drive distance.
but what process would you say is best?
My current idea is to get some bags from my LFS bag and tie all the fish and keep them in a darkened box then empty about 90/95% of what water is left in the tank.
Any tips/suggestions?

 
When closing the bags make sure you've got way more air than water in the bags if they are to stay in them for any lenght of time. Also, styrofoam boxes are good from preventing them to get cold, you can even put a hot water bottle if it's too cold of a day.
Then empty the tank(don't transport with water), and keep at least 50% of the water of the tank if you can to save you on acclimating the fish to the new tap water. You may need to temperature acclimate them only by floating the bags in the tank first.

 

[ReddSamurai]

thanks , yea i tend to have the bags 1 part water, 2 parts air 

 

[Blondielovesfish]

You sound very responsible lol.
Take care that your tank doesn't crack!
Good luck!

 

[CoryLover95]

I just moved with my fish 2 weeks ago.  Bit of a longer drive, 2 days driving, and this is what I did:
-Split up the fish (about 20) into 4 Rubbermaid 1 gallon mixer containers.  Didn't feed them for about 3 days prior to moving to minimize ammonia
-Drained the tank, put the filter in a Ziploc bag full of tank water to keep the bacteria alive.  Dumped out all the sand on the beach behind our house (it was just $3 play sand) and packed everything in a padded box.
-During the trip, did 50% water changes daily with a tiny pinch of food per container.
-When we got there, I quickly set up the tank, added some bottled bacteria to kickstart the bacteria colony (even though the filter was still wet, I wasn't sure how much was alive) and put the fish in (immediately, because they were starting to look pretty ill).  Only 1 Platy died, and that one wasn't doing too well from the beginning.
I hope this helped...since your drive is only 1/2 hour, you might want to do it differently.
-CL95

 

[Wills]

Wow Cory95 that sounds like quite a challenge!! Well done!
 
I have just moved my tank a similar distance though my tanks a 6 footer so was a bit more complicated I have also moved 4 foot tanks before which is reasonably easy.
 
As people above say the fish will be fine Bag them up and get some poly boxes to keep the heat in.
 
The biggest issue is the filter you have to get it off and back on again as fast as possible - as soon as you get enough water in the tank to put the filter in sideways if its an internal or the pipes working if its an external - do
 
Make sure you float the bags as well which will help with the aclimatisation just in case the bag temps do drop at all.
 
Wills