kdklovesfish
Aquarium Advice Freak
I have three fully cycled tanks that have been running great for over six months sizing from a 1.5 fry tank, 15g, and a 55g. All but the fry tank have a variety of fw fish and shrimp. I'm not a green thumb, so all of my plants are fake. I have lots of driftwood. With all the tanks I have 5 filters and three heaters. Here's an overview of my stock: plecos, dwarf gouramis , tons of platys, many different types of cories, otos, rainbow shark, guppies, loaches, ghost shrimp, RCS, YCS
We are moving to a place about an hour and a half away in a couple of weeks. I'm concerned! Here's my plan, and please let me know what you think and any suggestions.
My fry tank fry are all large enough to move into the 15g. It also has adult RCS and two ghosts to help with the clean up. I will acclimate them all into the 15g and shut down the fry tank about a week in advance. I will put the filter media into the 15g filter to keep the BB alive.
On moving day I will syphon out healthy top water from each tank and save it in a 5 gallon bucket. (Is 5 gallons enough for the 55g tank??) In a separate 5 gallon bucket I will put healthy water from the 55g and add the media from all of the filters to preserve the BB.
I have fish shipping bags and have successfully shipped fish before. I was planning on bagging up fish and putting them in boxes like I would to ship them. That includes using a drop or two of Prime in each bag, adding air from the air filter pump, lining the box with foam, and a heat pack per box. I will double bag the larger fish alone and the smaller fish in small quantities.
Then I plan to completely empty the 55 and 15g tanks of water. I'm hoping it's ok to leave the sand substrate, driftwood, decorative rocks, and fake plants in the tanks. Then I was planning to put the empty filters into the tanks along with heaters that have been bubble wrapped. After all that I was planning on wrapping the entire tank with bubble really, really good. We are have professional movers, so then I will pray that the tanks (especially the 55g) arrive at the new house in one piece.
At the new house, I would then add the saved tank water to the tank it belongs to, plus finish filling it up with water and water conditioner. I was planning on using Prime, but is there a better conditioner for nearly un-cycled tanks? Then hook up the filters with the hopefully still alive BB. Then acclimate the fish back into the tank they belong to.
Ok guys, give me your ideas. Will this work? Is anything better? I'm completely open to suggestions because I just want my fish and tanks to survive this move. Thanks!!!!!!!!
We are moving to a place about an hour and a half away in a couple of weeks. I'm concerned! Here's my plan, and please let me know what you think and any suggestions.
My fry tank fry are all large enough to move into the 15g. It also has adult RCS and two ghosts to help with the clean up. I will acclimate them all into the 15g and shut down the fry tank about a week in advance. I will put the filter media into the 15g filter to keep the BB alive.
On moving day I will syphon out healthy top water from each tank and save it in a 5 gallon bucket. (Is 5 gallons enough for the 55g tank??) In a separate 5 gallon bucket I will put healthy water from the 55g and add the media from all of the filters to preserve the BB.
I have fish shipping bags and have successfully shipped fish before. I was planning on bagging up fish and putting them in boxes like I would to ship them. That includes using a drop or two of Prime in each bag, adding air from the air filter pump, lining the box with foam, and a heat pack per box. I will double bag the larger fish alone and the smaller fish in small quantities.
Then I plan to completely empty the 55 and 15g tanks of water. I'm hoping it's ok to leave the sand substrate, driftwood, decorative rocks, and fake plants in the tanks. Then I was planning to put the empty filters into the tanks along with heaters that have been bubble wrapped. After all that I was planning on wrapping the entire tank with bubble really, really good. We are have professional movers, so then I will pray that the tanks (especially the 55g) arrive at the new house in one piece.
At the new house, I would then add the saved tank water to the tank it belongs to, plus finish filling it up with water and water conditioner. I was planning on using Prime, but is there a better conditioner for nearly un-cycled tanks? Then hook up the filters with the hopefully still alive BB. Then acclimate the fish back into the tank they belong to.
Ok guys, give me your ideas. Will this work? Is anything better? I'm completely open to suggestions because I just want my fish and tanks to survive this move. Thanks!!!!!!!!
