BigJim
Aquarium Advice Addict
After a long, drawn-out battle, my wife and I have purchased a house. Now I need to start thinking about how I'm going to move my fish. At the moment, the plans are to rent our apartment through the end of May, fix up the house a bit, and move over gradually. Here's my thought process so far:
My wife's 5g hex: I'm really figuring on just taking a gallon or two of water out of the tank and just move the whole tank, fish and all, as one unit. That's how the tank came to the apartment and it worked well.
My 29g and 20L: I've thought about dropping the water levels significantly and trying to move the tanks with the fish still inside. I've done this before, but never with tanks as heavily stocked as mine are now and never from a third floor apartment. I'm also afraid that if I drop the water levels too much, the fish will lose all swimming room and get stuck in the plants.
What's the best way to transport the fish? I've thought about those plastic shoeboxes, but I think those are just asking for a spill. I suppose a 5g bucket would work too. I'm kind of leaning towards using a couple of coolers. My fish are all rather small, but I'd like to separate certain groups out. I'd rather keep my pictus and my raphael apart. They're not exactly friends. Ideas? Opinions? Thanks.
My wife's 5g hex: I'm really figuring on just taking a gallon or two of water out of the tank and just move the whole tank, fish and all, as one unit. That's how the tank came to the apartment and it worked well.
My 29g and 20L: I've thought about dropping the water levels significantly and trying to move the tanks with the fish still inside. I've done this before, but never with tanks as heavily stocked as mine are now and never from a third floor apartment. I'm also afraid that if I drop the water levels too much, the fish will lose all swimming room and get stuck in the plants.
What's the best way to transport the fish? I've thought about those plastic shoeboxes, but I think those are just asking for a spill. I suppose a 5g bucket would work too. I'm kind of leaning towards using a couple of coolers. My fish are all rather small, but I'd like to separate certain groups out. I'd rather keep my pictus and my raphael apart. They're not exactly friends. Ideas? Opinions? Thanks.