Travelling With The Fishies

[deanrar]

hi jst a couple of questions about driving my fish to my new house, i have a large enough polystyrene box, bags for the fish, heat packs and oxygen tablets, I was wondering how much water to put in each bag (half or quarter or more ???) and so far i'v worked out to put the fish in these bags:
1 male dwarf gourami
1 female molly (just lost male to finrot )
6 male guppy (guvinile)
3 female guppy and 2 female molly (guvinile)
1 peppered cory and 1 panda cory
1 kuhli
loads of cherry shrimp

Hopefully that sounds aboput right as i'm not really sure how many fish i can get in each bag (25cm x 45cm) and i wondered if any1 had a better way of getting sand out of the tanks thats faster than a cup or my hands lol.
Oh yeh and the journey is from Middlesbrough to Essex and its about 370 miles so about 4 or 5 hours drive.
Any input would be very useful,
Cheers.

 

[doresy]

Sounds like you are prepared. I would put about a third water if the bag is same as the ones you get fish in. Keep them in the dark throughout the journey and don't be tempted to keep checking them (what could you do anyway!) Unless of course water starts appearing

Give them a good feed the day before travelling but none on the day of departure (just sounds right)

When you set up at the other end consider upping your cory stock. They prefer (need) to be in at least 4-6 and same species

When you take the water out of your tank use the gravel vac and suck all the sand up at the same time. (just let the water pour into something like a sack that will allow just the water to flow through while collecting the sand.....simple!

 

[rdd1952]

Best way to get sand out of a tank is to take the vacuum end off your hose and just use the hose. You can easily suck every grain of sand out of the tank. Take most of the water out first (save it in 5 gallon buckets to put back in the tank at the new location if you have room to make acclimation easier). Remove the fish and put them in a bucket of water. Don't bag them until the very last minute. Scoop out some of the sand with a cup or what ever. Then refill the tank with water and start the vacuum hose. Just the hose alone has an amazing amount of suction and will make short work of removing the hard to get sand. You can then pour the water off it and take the sand with you.

 

[orange shark]

I agree with doresy, fill the bags with a third-maybe a half of water.

orange shark