Takes longer than you think!
I moved two large tanks plus fish and filters across Houston and it took much longer than I thought. We put the fish into large styrofoam ice chests, then drained the tanks, saving as much water as we could carry safely in big jugs. The fish had just enough water to cover them plus a bit more (fish all 5 to 6 inch length). Two tanks of fish were in two ice chests.
We loaded the tanks and stands and decorations and lights and hoods, then the fish and water. Drove across town, then started setting up the two tanks (105 and 58 gallons). I had a pump and airstone ready when the fish came inside so they had air after the ride, in the car they had more sloshing than necessary to keep air in the water! We kept the fish as quiet as possible while we set up the tanks, lids on to hold the few that kept trying to jump.
Set up the tanks, gravel, rocks, got fresh water running from the sink at temp and dechlorinated and used as much old tank water as possible. Setting up all the filters took longer than anticipated. Each canister had media baskets removed to a big ice chest and transported with some tank water in there almost covering the media. Setting up 4 cannisters took time, checking to see that all hoses were correct. Heaters, airstone, GFI, power strips, lights, thermometers, lots of stuff to mess with.
The whole thing took us about 6 hours from start to finish and the lady who had the tanks originally had done some work in advance.
Don't worry about temp, just use an ice chest to maintain the water as it is.
I moved two large tanks plus fish and filters across Houston and it took much longer than I thought. We put the fish into large styrofoam ice chests, then drained the tanks, saving as much water as we could carry safely in big jugs. The fish had just enough water to cover them plus a bit more (fish all 5 to 6 inch length). Two tanks of fish were in two ice chests.
We loaded the tanks and stands and decorations and lights and hoods, then the fish and water. Drove across town, then started setting up the two tanks (105 and 58 gallons). I had a pump and airstone ready when the fish came inside so they had air after the ride, in the car they had more sloshing than necessary to keep air in the water! We kept the fish as quiet as possible while we set up the tanks, lids on to hold the few that kept trying to jump.
Set up the tanks, gravel, rocks, got fresh water running from the sink at temp and dechlorinated and used as much old tank water as possible. Setting up all the filters took longer than anticipated. Each canister had media baskets removed to a big ice chest and transported with some tank water in there almost covering the media. Setting up 4 cannisters took time, checking to see that all hoses were correct. Heaters, airstone, GFI, power strips, lights, thermometers, lots of stuff to mess with.
The whole thing took us about 6 hours from start to finish and the lady who had the tanks originally had done some work in advance.
Don't worry about temp, just use an ice chest to maintain the water as it is.
