Aug 26, 2017
Oooookay the boys are packed in bags with towels for insulation and the temptation to open everything up and check on them is Veeeeery strong. They’ll be okay for a less than 2 hour trip I hope
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Oooookay the boys are packed in bags with towels for insulation and the temptation to open everything up and check on them is Veeeeery strong. They’ll be okay for a less than 2 hour trip I hope
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Moving Fish/Gecko
So, tomorrow is the big moving day to our new place in Michigan. I am going to miss the local fish store. I am making a post for anyone to give some tips/tricks/ideas for moving betta fish. I’ve got 4 guys who will be making the move. I’ll be moving 8 tanks (omg yeah) and a bunch of aquarium plants. The drive will be a little under 2 hours max. Any advice would be appreciated since I’ve never moved this many tanks, fish and live plants. Thanks guys!Â
Hi I was wondering if you could help me? I'm cycling a 10g to upgrade my betta from his current 5g. When I eventually move him, I will also be moving decorations from his current tank with him. Since I'll be up to my elbows adding the silk plants and driftwood, I wanted to remove a couple gallons just to avoid water spilling everywhere. Would it be okay to replace those gallons of water with water from his current tank? Would this make the transition easier for him?
hey there anon! :p it’s awesome that you’re upgrading him :D and hopefully i can help :Oyou can treat this tank-moving like a water change! :) if you’ve got a bucket, i’d move the water in the bucket and *not* in the tank with everything inside as that can be dangerous and could even break the tank!i’d remove 50-80% of the water from the 10 gallon, move and arrange all of the decor, then add in a gallon or two from the 5 gallon (if you want to, you don’t necessarily have to. if your water conditions in the 10 gallon are really different in terms of pH, kh, gh, that kind of thing, i’d recommend drip-acclimating the betta or using some old tank water to introduce your betta to the new water slowly), and then fill it up the rest of the way with fresh water! check your parameters before adding the fish though, since i’m not sure what your nitrates will be mixing all the water together (old tank water + newly cycled tank water)! :pthat kind of sounded confusing so let me know if i need to explain anything more clearly ^-^” hopefully that helped tho :3
Fishie Transport
College dorming season is coming up in a few months! Whether you are going to school or changing homes, taking good care of your fishie friends is super important! A lot of people may be daunted by transporting fish and aquariums. It's no walk in the park, but it may not be as difficult as it sounds :) I'm going to explain in this post how I have been transporting my 5 gallon aquarium to my college (a 7+ hour drive!)
My method is this:
1. Bag the media in some old tank water. You may have a slight die off, but from my experience the bacteria are much more resilient than people think and will quickly recolonize when reintroduced to the tank
2. Drain almost all of the water from the aquarium. Please don't carry an aquarium full of water; it's super heavy and even on small tanks you risk the bottom glass cracking under the weight.
3. Separate betta and inverts into different holding cups with lids (good idea with aggressive fish). This is temporary. If you are going on a much longer trip, I would suggest bringing one of those tiny bottles of prime to do water changes. I use a literal cup that can fit in a car cupholder so the fish can stay upright.
4. If I have some really tall plants, I have removed them before and placed them in ziplock bags with some water. Do the plants hate it and throw a melting tantrum when replanted? Sometimes. However, it is much better to bag them then let them dry out in my experience.
5. I remove any big rocks that I am worried about cracking the glass if they shift while driving, but LEAVE THE SUBSTRATE (may not want to do this for larger tanks). I recommend taking a picture before you disassemble the aquarium if you are hoping to later replicate the look.
6. I lay plastic food wrap (cling wrap? Whatever it's called) over the substrate in the tank to keep the moisture in. I also might leave low plants if I can submerge all the leaves in a little tiny bit of water, but remember this adds weight. I also usually put paper towels over it too and on the sides (to prevent scratching on the glass), and then pack hardware inside the tank on top of it.
7. I pack all of my fish related stuff, tank included, into a big styrofoam cooler. Think they're decently cheap on Amazon. It puts my mind at ease about leaking water in the car, and can probably be easily substituted. I also place old towels around the aquarium to protect the outer glass, and make sure everything is packed relatively tight so nothing will be moving around a ton while driving.
That's my method. Also, I would like to recommend this post in addition to mine. This was a post I initially used when I was trying to figure out how to transport my fish when I first started.
Fun additional fact: you can take fish on airplanes. While I don't recommend transporting whole tanks because I've never done it, my fish have been through the airport several times with me and it always makes everyone laugh :)
Hey what did you do when moving noodle? I have to move a 30g how much water do I need to keep? I know I need to keep filter media, decor, and gravel wet to keep the bacteria I just don't know about packing water
you’re definitely right about the bacteria. it’s really good to keep that stuff wet!Â
with the rest of the water it’s kinda up to you and your situation. is the water at the new place going to be vastly different than the water you have where you are now? like... pH, hardness, etc. if you’re staying in the same city or withing the same municipal water system, you’d probably be fine just bringing enough water to cover the bacteria (and the fish of course). if you’re unsure about the water at the new place it might be good to try and bring some extra tank water from the old place. that way you can ease your fish into the new water. (you could maybe do like 50% just to be safe? that’s only 3 5gallon buckets and you could put the decor and filtermedia in one. I did something similar with noodle. we brought around 30 gallons of water from the old place just to ease her into the transition since it was like 5 hours away and this city has different water)Â
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A shark under the ground
Think this would work for moving fish?
Foam Bucket and Pump Kit
It’s designed to keep bait fish alive, but it’s basically a 2 gallon insulated foam bucket with a built in air pump, air stone, and airline tubing. The pump supposedly runs 22 hours on 1 D cell battery which is more than enough for the 6-7 hour trip I’m having to make with the fish.
Think this would work for moving 10 serpae tetras, 3 cory cats, and 1 pictus cat for a 6-7 hour drive? (I know the catfish need more tankmates I just didn’t want to add more right before a big move, don’t worry they will get move friends).
I just purchased a 20g high tank (im currently leak testing it) to upgrade my 10g to, any tips for an easy transition?
Mod: thebrackishtank
It’s pretty easy to upgrade a tank this way, it just demands that you keep busy and moving. I personally prefer to put the fish aside in multiple containers of at least half a gallon of water (depending on size and temperament), put a cover over all of them to keep it dark, put all live plants in a different container from the fish, and go from there. I’d also recommend switching over the substrate, the ornaments (including rocks/driftwood), the plants, and then the filters/heaters, in that order, then turn on all the tank equipment once everything is where you want it to be and leave it running for a bit. If the water is very cloudy (old substrate has a habit of doing that), you may want to do a large water change first before adding the fish.
It’s not a very difficult process, but does seem to take a couple of hours to do. Don’t worry, your fish will be fine during this time. When adding them back to the new tank, try to get as little of their holding container water in the new tank as possible.