Moving Tank?

Question

Okay I am moving from a house we are renting(long story) to my new house soon. It is just down the street, 20 second drive. But how should I move my 10 and 2.5 gallon tanks? I want to make sure my fish dont get to much shock and/or die. Also I don't want to have to recycle the tank. So I have to keep filter wet correct? Please help!! AM I suppsoed ot keep some of the tank water???

I realy dont want to use a wagon and walk it down because it is snowing and rly cold and windy, and I dont want to freeze lol. But i have a week to figure out a plan

Answer 1

Take your fish out and bag them or put them in clean container with no soap residue. Put as much of your water into jugs as you can. I have one of those jugs you buy water in for this purpose. Dump any extra water to get the weight out of your tanks. Move the tanks to the new house, put the water you have back in and add new water that has been dechlorinated to fill them up. Open the bags with the fish and float them on the top until the water is the same temperature. Now release them and all should be well.

You can add a bit of Stresscoat to the bags to help with the move. There will be more than enough good bacteria in your filter media and gravel to keep your tank cycled and running well.

Answer 2

Since the move is so short I would just take enough water out of each tank to keep it from sloshing out and move them in your car. The 2.5 gallon should be pretty easy. You could probably lift it yourself and hold it in your lap while someone drives you over. The 10 gallon could ride on the floor of your car.

As for the 10 gallon, you'll need to take quite a bit of the water out so you can lift the thing, too much for a water change. Just save it in the bucket you use for water changes and add it back in once the tank is in place. The 10 gallon will be a two-person lift job. As long as you carry the tank by the bottom and not the top it should be fine.

Yes, the filter media needs to stay wet. When I move I just rinse the gunk off in the sink and plop it in the tank right with the fish. The fish are usually so excited about getting to eat stuff off the filter media they don't seem to notice they're in the car.

Good luck with the move!

Answer 3

sense those are both very small tanks, I would drain the water down to just above the gravel to keep the gravel wet. Place your fish in separate bags. Then when you get it to your new house, immediately fill it up with dechlorinated water and allow your filter to slowly heat it up while your fish float. Once they have been floating for 10 minutes, pour a cup of the aquarium water into each bag for acclimation. After another 5 minutes repeate that step again. After another 5 minutes ( 20 minutes now) you can begin to release your fish. With any move, you may always loose some fish.

Answer 4

don't wait too long thats how my fish ended up dead. go and get some rubber tubs dump the fish and some water per tub, maybe you can keep a whole gallon from each aquarium, make sure the tubs are square and will allow you to put the filter on the tubs, leave them lightly covered with the tub lib, empty your other aquariums, if you want to keep the water from them you will have to put the water in addtional tubs, you must empty the glass aquariums. you can set up the new tanks a few days before with all new water or set them up with the old water. Then bring your fish over in the tubs with the old water and allow them to sit at the new place for a few hours before dumping them in just in case of temp differences.
you can easily get a 5 gallon tote and fill it, it'll be heavy but you can save alot of water or just make alot of trips back in forth. It sould be ok to loose 30 or 25 % of your old water without worry.

Answer 5

You will need to keep the filters and everything else stable and well oxygenated. First drain most of the water from the tanks,and save as much as you can. Move them one at a time if you can. I'd start with the small one. Get the water down to the very least you can and still keep the fish alive. Try to avoid twisting situations (so as not to start leaks). If you can find something flat and rigid for the tank to sit on in the car,it will help. Move the first tank and set it up (with as much of the old water as you can move). Get the first one running and then go for the second one and repeat the process.
Things to try for,----- Be as quick as you can.-----Move as much of the old water as possible.------ Be careful about temperatures ( sudden temperature changes can kill off your cycle as fast as chlorine).--------- Your bacteria colonies will start to die in two hours without aeration,but it will take about 24 hours for all of them to die,so a complete re-cycle shouldn't be necessary.-------- Reduce your feeding amounts and frequencies for several weeks to allow the bacteria to come back strong.------- You seem to know what your pets need,trust your feelings and plan through every step of the move before you start.-------Remove as much water as possible and any rocks or large driftwood or ceramic decorations to avoid creating leaks.
I have moved several aquariums this way,and haven't had any losses, but it wasn't in cold weather. Have the car warmed up if possible. The tanks will be very heavy with even a only little water in them,you'll need strong help to move them safely. Good luck. Best wishes and if I can answer any other questions feel free to contact me.

Answer 6

definite, you're able to do this, however the better the tank, the extra water you're able to desire to get rid of. Water weighs 8.8 kilos consistent with gallon and 15 gallons is over one hundred thirty kilos of water plus the gravel. Take out all yet sufficient water to conceal your fish and elevate very intently. it fairly is no longer the backside you're able to desire to rigidity approximately, it fairly is the seal on the partitions (aspects) of the tank. Lifting sideways and letting the water slosh back and forth, hitting the climate, can spring the tank and reason a leak. in case you have 3 roommates to help, you ought to use the stand as a platform and purely elevate it by ability of that (you will possibly nonetheless get rid of water). The stand might shop the stress on all aspects of the tank even by ability of helping it each and each of ways around the backside. I certainly have moved many tanks this form and not led to any leaks. The plus section to conserving water in it fairly is which you're saving many of the valuable micro organism so which you do no longer could desire to cycle the tank back. it is likewise much less puzzling on the fish in case you do no longer could desire to internet them and pass them two times.

Answer 7

Scoop the fish up in a net, and put them in zip-lock bags w/ water. Then empty the tank, and take it to your house. I had to do this too, except it was a 45 minute drive, 20 fish, with one fish dead.
You don't have to keep any of the tank water, except the water in the fish's bags.

Answer 8

jsut drain half the tank out, u'll e fine, it won't weigh that much. then jsut put it in the car and drive there, and then fill it back up w/ clean freshwater.

Answer 9

Take your fish out and put them in a little bowl, then you dump out your tank and you can take it with you.

Hope that helps :)

Answer 10

That is a hard task but get a cart or something with wheels to move it