lubo

Shall be moving home and cant see a way to bring the fish with us ie time to set up very large tank and what to do with current fish meanwhile. Any advice would be appreciated.

David Lock

Depends on how far you are moving etc. Can you transport them in plastic bags with plenty of air (get Koi bags from fish stockist) in car with you. Then keep them in plastic dustbin or those plastic storage crates until you have tank sorted.

When we moved locally I got local fish centre to collect and store but I wish I had done it myself.

Just keep them calm and no temperature shocks.

Good luck....... dl

PS. One of those food temperature things (the ones you stick in the roasting meat) are ideal for an exact check on water temperature.

lubo

thanks david yes moving locally have indoor tropical fish and a pond outside with koi. Just feel daunted. How long could you keep the tropical fish and in what exactly without damaging them, or would it be easier to rehome and restock

Tiggs

lubo.....i cant think of any tank i would move home with. A small tank is not worth the effort and a big tank is too much to even consider.

Sell stock to the local store and see if you get a bit of credit to re-stock again.

I moved a 400 litre freshwater tank a while back and it was a two day job....wouldnt have wanted to be moving house at the same time!!!!

lubo

hmmm yeah i know what you mean, dont really mind about most of the fish but the 2 plecs i have have bin with me since babies and ugly as they are im fond of them

David Lock

lubo - I'm just an enthusiastic amateur and not an expert but we were in exactly the same position. I'd guess that you could keep tropicals for some time in plastic crates with plenty of water changes. When we moved we took the opportunity to buy a new tank which was nice, one of those Jewell things.

I can see a possible problem with the outside fish as they will be semi kipping for the winter so I think you had better be extra careful. Have you got a pond to put them in when you move?? I am off to hibernate myself now but feel free to PM.

In fact we only lost 3 fish when we moved - a tropical catfish which local fish shop dropped and a couple of outdoor fish but moved 143 others without problems. Lots of car trips though

lubo

cant see moving the koi david as its a newbuild and nowhere to put them. Think if whoever buys this house doesnt want them then id rehome but would like to take the tropicals.........just worried about the practical side of it and having their best interests at heart

speye91

in white paper with a little bit ov salt and vineger ...ohh and dont 4get the batter mmmnnn

cookstar

iTrader: (6)

One of these should do the trick

PG

I moved a few months ago and took my Trigon 350 with me. I moved the fish in large plastic bins. I got the tank to the new house and it just didn't suit the room! A hell of a lot of only to have the tank sit in the garage
I had a smaller 60ltr tank that I rehomed some of the fish in to the others went to the local shop.
The Trigon sold the first day it went in to the free ads.
Buy a new tank transfer the fish, some of the water and the filter media and sell the old tank.

David Lock

Shame about the Koi. When we moved it was a newish place with just a back lawn but big enough for a pond. So I constructed a temporary tank (sheep pen + boards down side + pond liner) and moved fish into this with filters etc for about 3 months while we built pond. It's just that I really like ponds and the wildlife that they encourage - Kingfisher recently

Meant to say on the tropicals don't forget to use a heater. Also the local paper will usually have second hand tanks for sale - Wayne's goldfish died - which you can use as temporary accommodation for plecs. david

ScoobywagonGl

I've moved my fish 3 times (I have approx 70) I used a polystyrene box which i bought from the local aquatics this was for the bigger fish and then used a plastic bin. I had no other alternative but to do a 2/3 of a water change as it was impossible to bring all the water with me. I had no deaths and all of them are still happily swimming away

P.S I moved from Nuneaton to Portsmouth and then back again

STi-Frenchie

And there was me thinking this thread was about un-emotional fish

David Lock

SN lesson 1

Fish people are friendly, cat people aren't

hectic

if you *use* water from the tank they are in.. ie.. that they are used to being in and at the temp they are used to.. if the temp does go down a tad.. they will ( should) be ok as long as not left for too long.see if you can obtain some of the polystyrene 'boxes' that the shops use ... most will help you out if you explain....
good luck!

JCScooby

i have a cat and fish

pnbond007

iTrader: (1)

Where are you situated ?

David Lock

Do they get on well?

JCScooby

The cat likes to sit on top of the tank, but i think its cause of the heat from the light rather than a like of the fish. She looks a little confused when she looks at the tank, i think she is trying to work out if they are real or not.

Apparition

Hi Sal,
You're moving...... awwww I liked that house. Hope it goes ok. Let us know how you went on. Can't help with the fishes BTW hope they survive.
Yve xxx

SWRTWannabe

Interesting thread, seeing as we are moving soon and I was wondering what to do with them!

Some people at work moved house and they put their fish in a coolbox - the insulation kept the temperature static enough for the move.

Mind you, their picnics tasted sh1te for the next few months

ScoobywagonGl

I guess a coolbox would work just as well as a polystyrene box! I guess it all depends on the size of the fish you are moving, one of mine is 12 inches

lubo

we are in Fife. Only moving a short distance. Thanks for all the advice guys n gals much appreciated. Yvonne yeah it is a wrench but the new place is brilliant and has loads of spare room if you two wana visit!

Tiggs

you can keep the fish in a cool box for ages - how do you think they get to the UK!

the problem is it means that within 48hrs of moving you have to spend a lot of time setting up the tank in its new spot- hardly what you want to do on day 1 in your new house.....as i have said, if its a tiny tank then it would be ok- but why bother? a big tank is just not worth the effort (if you are really keen to keep the fish just ask the LFS to look after them for a couple of weeks)

PG

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/\ 12" shouldn't be a problem though

ScoobywagonGl

maybe,maybe not

Apparition

"the new place is brilliant and has loads of spare room if you two wana visit"

Hi Sal, may take you up on that, we are just pondering holidays!
Yve