I am moving across town where I live, and I need to relocate a freshwater fish tank in my new place. There are 15 fish in the tank. Any ideas? I have three weeks until I am due out of my old place--thanks!
2006-10-28 04:10:00 · 9 answers · asked by Mustache Man 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
3 years ago I relocated my 55 and fish to a smaller town 15 minutes away. I put the fish in a large rubber maid container(I think it was 5-10 gallons?) and I also took a couple 5 gallon buckets of the aquarium water with us. Compleatly empty the tank(I think the glass alone weights 80lbs), don't wash the filter or gravel(or let the gravel dry up) When you get to the new place and decide where the tank'll go get it all set up and put the fish back the next day(you don't want to over stress them). I put an air stone in the rubber maid container for the night so they could breath. All my fish survived except for my 13" albino oscar!
2006-10-28 04:17:40 · answer #1 · answered by pharfly1 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
With a tank that big, you should drain it entirely. Try to save as much water as you can. A large new trash can would work. Don't fill it too full, water weighs 8.8 lbs. per gallon.
Go to your local fish store (LFS) and tell them what you are doing. They may give you some fish bags, or sell them to you cheap. I bought some and paid 3 cents each for them.
If you are only moving across town, you will have no problems with how long they are in the bags. Use their tank water and fill the bags only one third full. Have someone hold the bag open while you net your fish out of the tank. Take all the decorations out first, it makes it much easier to catch them. Also, a LARGE net makes it easier too.
Once they are in the bag, blow air into the bag and put a rubber band around the top of the bag like they do at the LFS. Try to keep them covered up for the trip. All the lights and shadows will cause them a great deal of stress. A good idea is to place them in plastic grocery bags so they don't become terrified.
When you get to your new home, put whatever water you saved in the garbage can into the tank and float your fish bags in it to equalize the temp.
If you don't save any water, make sure your filter does not dry out at all. There is most of the beneficial bacteria you will need to recycle your tank in there. Otherwise, you will face 2-3 weeks of the nitrogen cycle before it is up and running well again.
2006-10-28 04:25:39 · answer #2 · answered by 8 In the corner 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
have to put fish in a tub of some king i don't know how big your fish are but you can get a plastic tub an put your air pumps an things like that in the tub move then tank to new places set up to were the water temp is OK for them then move the fish to the tank if you think this is not useful ask a store that sells fish
2006-10-28 04:21:33 · answer #3 · answered by whatdoesitmader 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Cichlids. >_> Cichlids, cichlids, cichlids. A good stock for a 55 gallon would be a male krib with several females, A male German Blue ram with several females, a pair of Keyholes and maybe something like a Blue Acara. Cichlids are very intelligent fish and FULL of awesome quirks, they are very 'dog-like' in personality. The only time theres aggression (from the above listed fish) is in times of breeding. They are easy breeders, but my kribs have always eaten their spawn. My Kribs and my blue acara have always done well in a community setting. I have a male/female pair of Kribs and a single Blue Acara in with a trio of platy fish and a shoal of cory and theres never been any problems.
2016-03-19 00:52:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
empty the tank, put fish with same water as tank in a bag, cooler (uncooled of course), or bucket. I would suggest something not enclosed so aeration can occur. cross town no prob. I moved a 55 with a jack dempsey, pleco, jaguar cichlid from tulsa ok to indianapolis in. they survived.
2006-10-30 02:48:45 · answer #5 · answered by spooky 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't move the tank full because it will damage the seals on the tank that keep it from leaking. Instead take probably at least half of the water out on the day of the move and then move it. That way your fish still have water and you can move the tank.
2006-10-28 05:00:49 · answer #6 · answered by green_kiwi18 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
just remove all but about 4 inches of the water and leave everything in the tank. don't even take out the fish, they will be ok, it is less stressful than taking them out. and move it immediately and set it back up. just refill it and add some "chlorout" to remove the chlorine. and keep an eye on them.i have 18 fish in mine, none died.
2006-10-28 08:30:32 · answer #7 · answered by rhino_man420 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You have some good answers here, but do not let the fish get chilled or subjected to changes in temperature!
2006-10-28 07:11:10 · answer #8 · answered by numbers57103 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get a rubbermaid container, put the fish in with their old water, bring ur 55 2 ur new house, set it up, fill it with water, put water conditioner in, let it sit a while, put the fish in
2006-10-28 11:41:42 · answer #9 · answered by Skittles 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋