Moving Plans

[Wallyfish]

I'm moving to a new house very soon. My new house is about an hour away. Here is my plan on how to relocate my tanks.

1.5gal Betta tank
I still have the cup that I got my betta originally from. I plan on using that cup to store him when I move, and I'll be doing a normal 100% water change on my tank.

10gal tank
I will obtain 3 bags from the pet department at wal-mart (I work there).
1 bag will contain 6 glo-fish and part of the tank water
1 bag will contain 6 neon tetras and part of the tank water
1 bag will contain most if not all of my tanks gravel and the bio-wheel from my filter and some tank water.
All three bags will fit inside of my 10gal tank when I relocate it. The rest will have to be new water.

What do you guys think of this plan? Could something better be done? I'm trying my best not to have to restart my bio-cycle.

[jman]

make sure the temp. can stay the same i've witnessed problems because of a full hour drive but it has been done by me with my arowana. just make sure that you be careful and some how to better this plan you can simply 'plan' a way to set the tank up as soon as possible and make sure that's tested before putting the fish in. good luck i am sure someone else hear can add to it.

[kimmers318]

Sounds like a good plan....good luck

[blue fin]

Good luck moving the tank.. my stepfather gave me my 75 gallon tank, you should have seen the setup it took to move that, live fish and all.....he actually purchased a small mobile tank to transport the fish in. He had a 5 hour drive.

[Wallyfish]

The complications of moving is the reason why I only have a 10 gallon. Its going to be great when I set up the large tank. Its going to be in the 75gal to 120 gal range. I haven't really decided yet what I want except that it will be freshwater.

[blue fin]

You should check out the TOTM posts, there are lots of examples of some of the larger tanks , may give you some ideas...

[Severus]

Does sound good. Good luck with everything!

[jman]

i want to wish the best for ya mate!

[jeffs99dime]

good luck to ya! i think you'll be fine with that plan

[kufan]

Sounds like you have everything planned out. I've purchased fish from a city about an hour and a half away from my town, and they've survived the trip. The important part is to make sure that when you bag them that you do not put to much water in the bags so there is some air in them. Other than that, good luck.

KU

[Wallyfish]

Quick change of plans last minute. I'm upgrading my 10gal to 29gallon. I set up the tank and built the stand last night in the new house. When I transfer my fish they will be in the 29 with my penguin 100 and 2 aquaclear filters. I'm still going to get a big tank but the 29 is going to be my small fish tank. 3 times the space means more fish soon. I think my 10gal might go to my betta if hes real nice to me.

[KneeKickLou]

If you have the time before the move I would take on of the filter cartriges from your cycled 10 gallon and float it in the 29 gallon after you fill it up and run that for a few days if possible youd be amazed how fast the good bacteria will transfer from the good media into the new filter and youll have some good reading very soon this is a great jump start to a new cycle. All the best with the move. I'm not looking forward to having to move my 55 when my brother sells the house.

[Abbeys_Mom]

My only suggestion is to wrap the tetra bag in newspaper or a towel. I found that tetras do not take to stress well and have lost 6 of 12 tetras when I moved them. I swear one had a heart attack when it saw the net coming!

[Lady Hobbs]

Just bag that gravel up and don't rinse it off or clean it or any of the decorations and you should be fine. You should also use the filter media for a while so bag that up as well. They do sell portable air pumps for less than $10 each and you could put your fish in a cooler with a pump pushing air if you thought they would be in a bag too long.

My only concern would be having the fish in the bag too long. Your drive isn't all that long but I would be a bit concerned about the total time they can get back in the tank with getting the tanks moved into the house and all set up again. I would use large trash bags, double bagged, and placed in styrofoam coolers. Those would hold much more oxygen for your fish than the store bags.

[Wallyfish]

I moved my fish yesterday. Unfortunately, my mom threw away my fish bags because she thought they were trash. I ended up using a large plastic cooler to hold my gravel, filter cartridge, biowheel, some water, and all 12 of my fish. I wrapped it in a garbage bag and had it in the passenger seat. Man was that a bad idea. I was just getting on the highway and the bag was already filled with water from it splashing around. I'm lucky there weren't any holes. I checked the cooler half way there because I was worried that there was a leak, there was so much water in that bag. It must have been like The Perfect Storm in that cooler. Fortunately all of my fish survived.

[blue fin]

Great news...congradulations.. with luck they will stay that way.. enjoy the new digs...

[jeffs99dime]

yeah. congratulations!!!!!

[Severus]

Glad to hear they all made it!

[kufan]

Congrats on the fish making it