Dan Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 Hi all, Im about to move from the Bay of Plenty to Marlborough. a removal company will be moving the house hold stuff and actual tank. I was planing on putting the fish in a chilli bin with water from the tank and taking the canister filter and heater with me. it will be about 8 hours traveling in the car plus the ferry ride. we may stop over night somewhere and if so i will put the filter and heater into the chilli bin and do a small part water change. likewise when we get down south it will be a few days to a week before the tank is set up again so i will do the same with water changes ever couple of days as the chilli bin is only about 10-15 litres and they are used to a 180 litre tank. Are the fish likely to survive, the trip and /or living in a chilli bin? Is this the best way to do it? :bounce: fish are: 3 x clown loaches. 1 x red tail black shark, 1x silver shark some ciclids (sp) 2 x adults and some (aprox 4) small ones. 1 x small plec 1x small bristlenose 1 x small chinese algae eater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 Do you have a friend who could babysit the fish until you've got the tank set up? Unless you're really attached to the fish you could trade all/some in at the LFS and re-stock the tank when you get it down there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinsonMassif Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 I successfully did this a few months ago. I put fish into 50L bins with clip on lids. Put canister media in with fish. Bins were about 1/3 filled with water. Bins covered in feather down duvets. Stayed @ a mates overnight. Used bottled spring water for water change. Ran filters and heaters overnight. Setup when I got down here. Was in transit for ~40 hours. MAKE SURE YOU TEST YOUR WATER AT YOUR NEW PLACE. The only deaths I had were from copper in the hot water at the new house. I was using hot and cold to match tank temperature. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 Where in Marlborough are you heading? Perhaps we can set up a temporary tank here for you? Or hang your filters on my 4ft to keep the bacteria alive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whetu Posted July 25, 2008 Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 That does sound like a lot of fish to have in a 10 - 15 litre chilly bin. I would suggest at least see if you can get a larger bin and/or some polystyrene boxes from your LFS. Makes it more difficult to regulate temp etc if you use smaller bins, but in a single small bin there will be quite a build-up of stress-related chemicals over that amount of time, which makes it much harder on your fish. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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