I need to move my 55 Gallon Aquarium. What do I need to do to make sure my fish do not die? How much of the original water should I keep? I'm not sure what to do. It has never been moved since it was set up. Thanks for your help.
2006-10-28 06:47:50 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
How much water do I need to save?
2006-10-28 06:57:23 · update #1
Depends on how far you will be moving the tank. If it is just across the room is will be a lot less work then if you were moving it across town or across country.
Lets say you are moving across town, you will need to take everything out of the tank. Moving a tank with stuff in it even just gravel can put way too much stress on the glass and can crack it, since it won't be on a sturdy flat surface. Fill buckets, plastic storage containers or even bags if you have to with all the gravel, deco, filter media and fish. Since most of the beneficial bacteria that keeps a tank cycled lives on the filter media not in the water you don't need to keep a lot of the extra water unless the ph and other params are too different in the new area that you will be moving it too. Once you are in the new spot set the tank back up, add all the stuff from the buckets or whatever you have them in but the fish. Make sure the filters and everything is working correctly and check the water params to make sure they are the same, or as close as possible to how there were before the move, even the temp. If everything is the same then you can add back the fish but if the the ph or something is too off then you will have to acclimate them just like you would a new fish.
2006-10-28 09:17:38 · answer #1 · answered by Nunya Biznis 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Planning is the key. Keep as much of the water as you can, keeps plants, rocks, decorations, gravel etc submerged so that the bacterial colonies do not die. Transport the fish in original tank water in a bucket that is wider than deep. This will help keep the water oxygenated. Have everything planned out so that the move goes as smoothly, and quickly as possible.
2006-10-28 07:18:41 · answer #2 · answered by piper 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
jive is totally wrong! he thinks you need to get gas... 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 07:27:28 · answer #3 · answered by rhino_man420 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
remove all the fish, gravel, plants and filters. syphon all the water into a bucket with a hose making sure the bucket is placed on the ground and the aquarium is on a higher level. syphoning needs gravity and suction to work.
you need to suck on the bucket end of the hose for about half a second in order to get the process going.
oh, and make sure you have a big enough bucket or it will obviously overflow
2006-10-28 06:55:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
There are some issues. The bala sharks might desire to circulate, they prefer communities of 5 or greater and desire a hundred+ gallons! And the cories, they desire communities of 5 or greater. So: x7 guppies (you may desire to get all male in case you dont choose fry) x4 platties (you may desire to get all male in case you do not choose fry) x8 glowlight tetras x8 neon tetra x5 or greater cory cats
2016-10-16 12:12:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
save as much of the old water as you can... put it in the temporary container where you're keeping your fish.
2006-10-28 07:27:34 · answer #6 · answered by professorminh 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋