tweaks

Im moving and i have a 33Gal a 30gal and a 10 and an empty 10 but thats not important but im wondering best way to move the fish its only 2 hours sooo the whole cycling again wont need to be done i had moved a 10 Gal b4 and never needed to soo im just wondering could i put my fish in a bucket? or a tupperwear thing plastic bin deal ? or no? i do not want to lose any fish on the move soo please any insight would help i will be moving by the 7th of september soo quick advice please hahaha thank you

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andy53

I just moved my 6 and 29 a few days ago. All I did was remove most of the water in each tank, and then filled them back up when I got to my new location. I left my fish in the partially filled tanks. I didn't have any problems with cycling or losing fish. Hope this helps.

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Tbx

try looking for a place called simply water they will move your fish it is cheap too that is what i used when I moved. They might only be in Texas though but there might be other places like them. Google pond moving services that is what they are but you might have to have a pond becuse I had a pond moved and I let them take my tank fish along with the pond fish so I do not know really I may have just got lucky that 1 time. Well good luck I hope this helps you in some way.

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tweaks

nah we dont have a moving company lik ethat here this is canada haha small town Canada i live on a farm soo yah and i think i might use the idea of half draining the water even tho it might be really heavy and alot of strain on the bottom of the tank wen im carrying it:S but we will see any other suggestions?

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Tbx

you can fill up water coolers with you established water and restrain them down.

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harley3k

Check out this link, its a pretty good article on moving.

http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/moving_tanks.php

CMG

If you really want to break the tank all the way down then you need to put your fish in some kind of container like a 5g bucket or cooler or individualy in tupperware containers with water from the tank with lids.

Then remove the substrate (gravel, sand etc.) and put that into a container of some sort that can also hold water because the gravel needs to be filled with water to keep the bacteria alive.

Then you can move the tank and fill everything back up.

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Just bought a 55g with built in wet/dry to start a SW tank FOWLR

tweaks

CMG ya im not worried about the Bacteria i moved my 10gal down to where i am from same place im moving to and it was fine i set it up and put fish in and it was fine sooo nto worried about that just the safety on the move ill try the cooler thing or a few buckets i have about 12 fish i need to move

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totallyfrozen

I've moved a 10 gallon tank the same way and I had no problems either. I did a gravel vac/clean up BEFORE I did that because otherwise, you end up kicking up every manner of pollution from the bottom of the tank! If you have large rocks or wood or sharp rocks, I would remove those too so your fish don't get injured.