moving an aquarium

[leefly]

hi we are moving house and have an aquarium with 3 gold fish in it how do we go about moving them with out stressing them out it is only a 20 min drive away

[hammerman]

How big is the aquarium and the fish ?

I've moved a 150 gallon tropical marine reef aquarium in a day with no probs at all.

Planning is the key.

[RATTER15]

Just bag up the fish as they do when you buy them in their own water, keep as much of their water as you can safely transport, Do Not Attempt to move tank with water in!! when you have got tank to new location put in original water and pump, filters etc, add enough tap water to ensure the fish have enough water to swim in, top up the rest of the water to the required level over the next day or two. Make sure heater is kept submerged in water to prevent it overheating.

I am sure there are far more complicated way and im going to be put down for something or other but I have done it this way dozens of times and never lost a fish.

[leefly]

thanks that is a great help think we will bag em up and see how it goes :D

[Toureman]

I moved my tropical fish with no problems about 15 miles in a removal van by draining water out to a level of 6 inches. All the fish survived!

[RATTER15]

Tourerman, Yes if the tank survives so will the fish, the touble is if the aquarium is a very large one, six inches of water would weigh very heavy, in fact heavy enough to cause leaks ,crack or even break the aquarium whilst being moved or in transit, then all the fish could die. Not the best advice to give was it Tourerman.

[rogerr]

When we moved, we put the fish in a bucket of water and put it in the middle of our ancient MG. The dog was in the back and got thirsty, so drank out if the bucket. The fish survived for years.