Moving 45g Tank help!
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I wouldn't transport the tank with any water in it, if that's what your asking. You need to treat your tap water with a conditioner such as Seachem Prime that will get rid of chlorine and chloramine. Most also detoxify heavy metals, and Prime detoxifies ammonia and nitrite to some extent as well (though it leaves them available for the beneficial bacteria). Chlorine/chloramine are lethal to fish and present in almost all tap water. Heavy metals can be lethal and are sometimes present especially in well water.
Remove ALL the water, tanks should never be moved with any thing in as this will cause stress on the seals causing the tank to crack or the water shifting it's weight will cause it to tip over.
I would keep the substrate and filters moist (if its a cycled running tank). Remove all the water to transport the tank. You can either bag the fish in some of their tank water, or put them in tupperware containers (depending on their size) or buckets. Then you can acclimate them to your newly filled tank once you get it home and set up.
If you are traveling a long distance (2+ hours) or in high heat, keeping any substarte/decorations in covered tank water is not a bad idea, but not in the tank. It should be empty to eliminate any risk of water displacement causing too much stress on the joints, or matterial sleft in the tank banging the glass in transit.
I assume it will be setup immediately?
You can put regular tap in the tank, just dose the total volume of the tnak with a de-chlorinator for the above reasons listed (this will also help to prevent bacterial die-offs present in the old-tank's substrates, filters or whatever else you have coming with the tank)/.
Fish: Transport seperately. Any tupperware works, or rubbermade bucket. Use the tank water and instert fish. Again, if travel over long distances, an airstone would be good, but it sounds like this is a quick trip, no? Less than an hour? But tank setup can take some time. When you get home I would place an airator in the water to be safe.
I assume it will be setup immediately?
You can put regular tap in the tank, just dose the total volume of the tnak with a de-chlorinator for the above reasons listed (this will also help to prevent bacterial die-offs present in the old-tank's substrates, filters or whatever else you have coming with the tank)/.
Fish: Transport seperately. Any tupperware works, or rubbermade bucket. Use the tank water and instert fish. Again, if travel over long distances, an airstone would be good, but it sounds like this is a quick trip, no? Less than an hour? But tank setup can take some time. When you get home I would place an airator in the water to be safe.
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Sorry i didn't realize you were going to be transporting the fish as well. In that case, I would empty all the water out of the tank, and double bag all the fish (hopefully there aren't any huge ones...) and they should be fine.