I am moving and I was wondering whats the best way to transport my fish? Should I do anything special? I'm planning on keeping a couple gallons of the water so its not complete water change. Is it okay if I take all the substrate out and clean it? I'm not going to mess with the filter. Will that keep any new tank syndrome away?
Transporting Fish?
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this is what i do.
1. fish go in 5 gallon bucket (with any plants i have)
2. gravel goes in another 5 gallon bucket so it stays dam (i don't rinse it at all)
2. move it to new location an set up tank put in water and put in fish usually i get a small cycle but nothing dangers.
1. fish go in 5 gallon bucket (with any plants i have)
2. gravel goes in another 5 gallon bucket so it stays dam (i don't rinse it at all)
2. move it to new location an set up tank put in water and put in fish usually i get a small cycle but nothing dangers.
how far are you moving?..i always use a rubbermaid tub with tank water, a battery operated air pump, and leave the lid over the the tub so it stays darker, its a little less stressful. if you keep the filter media submerged, and rinse it , it should be fine.
same as the substrate,if you want to clean it, rinse it in tank water, keep it wet. you might see a small spike in params, but should be managable!
same as the substrate,if you want to clean it, rinse it in tank water, keep it wet. you might see a small spike in params, but should be managable!
^This is what I did.
I keep the media with the fish/plants as well although so long as it stays relatively damp it's fine wherever.
I have not bothered with any air pumps since IMO there is enough surface agitation from the bumps along the road anyways. My fish have been fine for 7 hour drives (x2).
I'm only traveling about an hour so I'm not too worried about the air pump. Some of my fish kind of bully the others so I was thinking about transporting them separately, like in the bags from the pet stores. Would that be okay? I'm a bit of a crazy driver so I didn't want them to run into the walls of the side of a hard plastic tub. Or does that matter?
I transported several koi ranging from 18 inches to 27 inches from one state to the other ( 6 hours ), they were bagged separate with oxygen. Biggest thing that a lot of people do wrong when bagging is put to much water. It is important to have that oxygen in there. They were then placed in fish transport coolers with ice packs since it was summer. You can sometimes get those coolers at a local pet shop after they get a shipment of fish. If you bag I would double bag we always do .
