Scapexghost Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 So, for this tank, I'm having a bit of a dilemma. I'm going home for thanksgiving friday and won't be back till the following weekend. Naturaply, I'm concered leaving my fish for that long. It's probably ok for the older ones, but it's pushing it. The dilemma is that I'll have to take the fish back home the 6th anyway, so shoyld i just take the tank home now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeJay Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 Imo I would go ahead and do it now. Not sure where your at but colder weather in a couple weeks after Thanksgiving could make it more if a pain. But as well leaving them alone for that long then just getting back to there normal routine then getting packed up for a move a short time after. At least this way you can get them moved and mostly settled in on the Thanksgiving trip. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levi_Aquatics Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 I would definitely just move them now. Leaving them for an extended period of time and then moving them shortly after is likely to cause lots of stress which wouldn't be good for obvios reasons. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabokovfan87 Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 On 11/16/2022 at 4:07 PM, Scapexghost said: So, for this tank, I'm having a bit of a dilemma. I'm going home for thanksgiving friday and won't be back till the following weekend. Naturaply, I'm concered leaving my fish for that long. It's probably ok for the older ones, but it's pushing it. The dilemma is that I'll have to take the fish back home the 6th anyway, so shoyld i just take the tank home now? Get two buckets, move the fish and your filters into tubs at the new location. 20G or so totes and split up whatever need be. You can also drop in the plants and let them float, perfectly fine. These tubs sat for months. I cannot stress it enough.... turn down the lights if you set it up like this. When I moved, I had a bucket for fish, for wood, for plants, for filters. Lids on what I could cover and pumps and air stones on the filter / fish. Then you come back after and get the tank and everything else. You can leave the tank with just an airstone and the plants and all that will do fine (turn off the lights). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 I agree with @TeeJay Moving them now before they are stress weakened by your absence would be best. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 I would go for totes over buckets. I moved fish in a bucket before and they got aggressive with each other because there was not enough swimming space. Some killed others. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwissAquarist Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 On 11/18/2022 at 2:55 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said: I would go for totes over buckets. I moved fish in a bucket before and they got aggressive with each other because there was not enough swimming space. Some killed others. What kind of fish were they? Last time I moved, 30 guppies white clouds & neons all made it in a 10 liter bucket. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 On 11/18/2022 at 10:34 AM, TheSwissAquarist said: What kind of fish were they? Last time I moved, 30 guppies white clouds & neons all made it in a 10 liter bucket. They were African cichlids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scapexghost Posted November 29, 2022 Author Share Posted November 29, 2022 On 11/28/2022 at 7:53 PM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said: They were African cichlids. That would explain it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 On 11/29/2022 at 12:08 AM, Scapexghost said: That would explain it Yeah they need territory. The trip was 16 hr or so. They weren’t having it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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