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Old 03-08-2008, 07:30 AM   #1
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My Fiance and I bought a new house, and we waited as long as we could before we had to move the aquarium for obvious reasons. I wasn't freaking out too much, I thought it would be rather simple..Store the water in buckets with lids, one of them including the fish, leave the gravel at the bottom...It's only a 27 hex, so it's not going to make it much heavier. Also was going to store the decorations in a bucket with aquarium water to try not to kill the bacteria. I never thought about the change of chemistry in the water. We live in the country now with our own well and what we know is near perfect water. We are moving into the city...I am very concerned I might lose some fish. Should I expect to lose some fish? Has anyone else had any experience with moving an aquarium and what it does to the poor fish?
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Re: Moving

I know here I would talk to the people at the LFS about the city water. I am just trying to move fry from one tank to the other and am trying to get the water just right. Sorry I don't have any suggestions but I do wish you and your fishy friends success.
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Well it sounds like you've done some research. You will do just fine, I would say your fish friends will be o-k. Of course there is always a chance of loss but from what You wrote, I think you'll be fine. You are taking all the proper steps. Enjoy the new place, and good luck.
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Re: Moving

Hey carriej - congrats on the new house!

So far in my hobby lifespan, I have had to move an aquarium three times, but this last time meant that I also went from well water to city water. I did not lose any fish, short of one who jumped out while I wasn't looking, because I simply acclimated the fish to the tank after it was set up again. If you think about it, this is almost the exact same thing as if you were to go into the city to buy fish and then bring them back to a place which uses well water so I wouldn't panic, but I do think it is great that you have thought ahead this far already.

Otherwise, if you really wanted to play it safe and have the ability to do so, perhaps you could simply run over to the new house, pick up a couple gallons of water, and then perform a few, small water changes before the move. This way you can have greater control over how much time your fish have to acclimate themselves to any changes. However, if you cannot do that, I still think acclimating them as if they were brand new fish is probably going to work just fine. I would definitely use the tips/tactics for acclimation that you can read by clicking HERE. Even though the wording may make it sounds as though it is speaking mostly about saltwater livestock, all of the same rules do apply to FW livestock as well. In short, I would do anything you can to keep stress to a minimum, including giving your fish an easier time of adjusting to water chemistry.
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Old 03-09-2008, 09:22 AM   #5
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Re: Moving

Thanks so much for everyone's help. I think I will head over to the new house today and get a couple gallons of their water, I never thought of that. It's just shocking to me, because in my well water there was no chlorine or chloramine, so even though I used a water conditioner to be safe, I knew in my head there wasn't any in there to begin with! It's a different story with the other house as it's water is treated, as far as I know. I'm going to contact the city to be certain, I couldn't pick up any smells or anything from the new water (sometimes you can smell the chlorine) Let's just hope those water conditioners are all they are cracked up to be! I use Seachems Prime, I can't even get it here..I have to order it, but I heard it was good (besides smelling like a sewage system) But Prime scares me because you have to use such SMALL amounts..And I always second guess and wonder if it's REALLY enough.. I use a three gallon bucket, and when I put that itty bitty little bit in that big bucket it doesn't look like much!
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Re: Moving

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Let's just hope those water conditioners are all they are cracked up to be!
They pretty much are...the only products I have any problem with are those that contain things like aloe (e.g. stress coat) or have other coating "agents" versus those which "promote" slime coat production. I have used quite a few different products and never had a problem. In fact, I usually fill the tank directly from my sink versus treating it with dechlor conditioner first.
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You fill and then add dechlor?

Add dechlor then fill....
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Re: Moving

Yea, add dechlor to the tank instead of putting the water in buckets and waiting like a lot of people do. Should have been more clear about that...sorry.
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Re: Moving

I agree on adding it to the tank then filling.

I did this when I filled my 55 gallon tank back up. I only had 4 gallons of "old" aquarium water from the tank prior to moving. I added 2 of the gallons (the other 2 contained fish) and put in enough drops of dechlor for 45 gallons, and filled it up, about 1/2 way full I added enough drops for the other 10 gallons of water.

On the stress coat stuff, I added that to the "old water" before putting the fish in the storage containers. Then I put enough in the new tank as it was filling.

My theory is to add it and let it dilute as you fill, than let it dilute in buckets or after you fill it up.
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