ok i am moving and i have a 10 gallon aqarium and i dont know how to transport it from here to there i need some ideas?
2007-02-26 10:40:16 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
i have 8 fish ,3 swordtails and 5 black tetras and the place i need to get them to is only 20 to 30 min. away
2007-02-26 10:42:14 · update #1
Any water-tight, clean containers will do for that short a trip.
2007-02-26 10:44:25 · answer #1 · answered by Memo Erdes 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Easiest way to do this, (i've done it my self a bunch) is to siphon the tank water in a clean sterile (boiling water and don't use ex-chemical buckets) 5 gallon bucket. Fill it about 2/3 full. Put the fish in the bucket. Drain the rest of the tank leaving just enough water to keep your gravel wet. If you have a mechanical filter on the back, I'd replace the filter cartridge a week or two before your move, then the day of, remove the cartridge and put into a bag with tank water. Move the tank, refill it with treated tap water and the water from the bucket, float teh fish in bags and reset up the filters.
The reason to keep the gravel and filter stuff wet is to preserve the bacterial filter you've built up. That way won't have to start from scratch when you set up the tank again.
2007-03-02 10:59:55 · answer #2 · answered by Sank63 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well u can transport the fish to another tank, maybe at a friend's tank or something.. but make sure u pump the bag that u transport them in with a decent amount of oxygen. they actually have oxygen pumps on sale at some aquarium stores.. they're pretty cheap .. under 20 bucks and they provide the fish with oxygen through a tube with a motor. make sure u use decent size bags though, preferably plastic see through. if u put them in small bags the fish may become overcrowded and some of them will die... so transport them to a friend's aquarium and then when you're finished moving and finished setting up ur new tank evironment (make sure u have the water temperature set up the the right level before u put the fish back in) u can transport the fish back to ur own tank. take note that u do not just dump the fish in, u have to leave it in its plastic bag by which u transported them in, for about and hour or two until the temperature level evens out before u let them out. this will prevent them from developing ick, an illness (that's SOMEWHAT curable) that appears as white spots on fish. ick will eventually eat away at the fins making them all shredded.. not a good sight :).. so anyways i hope i helped :D
2007-02-26 18:51:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might try bagging the fish like the pet stores do when you bring them home. Empty the tank (let it dry before you put it in the car), Collect items and put in tank if not too heavy or a bucket or bag.
If you're going a long way mabye find some way to have a mini-tank set up in the car.
2007-02-26 18:44:39 · answer #4 · answered by Neon612 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to get one of those long aqaurium plastic bag(s).
As it's just for a short while and all your fishes are small, One 2ft long plastic bag should be enough.
Try not to feed them before you moved them, they can survive 1-3 days w/o feeding, not to worry.
Then, fill the bag with water from your aquarium to just 1/5 deep of the bag. Then tied it up.
No oxygen is needed, just fresh air around. Please dun blow from your mouth into the bag-haha, bet you know why.
And after you reach your new place, set up the aquarium and release the fish as per your normal practice.
Good Luck.
2007-02-27 07:18:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ok heres what you do, you get water tight bagies just like at the store pute them in there using some of the SAME water from the tank and then you put hot/warm towels in a DRY ICE container and make the trip as quick as posible, ok now im going to explain why you do all this. a) you use water from the tank b/c its what theyre used to b) you use hot towels to keep them warm c) the dry ice container is to keep the warmth locked in
2007-02-26 19:06:47 · answer #6 · answered by Antonio M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i had this same problem with my fish (two betas) i bought gladware containers and put them in their own (betas fight, if yours dont you can pair them up or whatever you need to do to fit them all) then put the lids on tight with just a bit of air near the top. then i put them in a box with towels so they wouldnt move or splash or anything, it worked just fine. make sure it is the last thing you do though, so you dont loose track of them!
2007-02-26 18:46:24 · answer #7 · answered by Ashley M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well since it's only a ten gallon aquarium you could just take half the water out and transport it like that.
2007-02-26 18:45:17 · answer #8 · answered by Cindy 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
BAGS ARE THE WAY TO GO !! put about 5 fish in bags.. they wont fight too much stress lol..
2007-02-26 21:19:43 · answer #9 · answered by brian h 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
remove your filter pump drain the water to about two gallons move it carefully and reset it
then refill it make sure you use dechlorinator
2007-02-26 18:46:16 · answer #10 · answered by frittsit 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋