Moving fish across
 

I have an angelfish, 8 harlequin rasboras and a common pleco. In about a week
I will be moving across country, a 2 day drive. I was planning on
selling/giving my fish to the lfs, but as the time approaches I don't want to
give them up. Can they survive the trip? I've got a battery powered airpump,
and I was thinking of putting them in a styrofoam cooler to minimize
temperature changes. Any suggestions. (my only local fishkeeping friend does
just sal****er, otherwise I'd give them to a good home)

Tom

|| I have an angelfish, 8 harlequin rasboras and a common pleco. In
|| about a week I will be moving across country, a 2 day drive. I was
|| planning on selling/giving my fish to the lfs, but as the time
|| approaches I don't want to give them up. Can they survive the
|| trip? I've got a battery powered airpump, and I was thinking of
|| putting them in a styrofoam cooler to minimize temperature changes.
|| Any suggestions. (my only local fishkeeping friend does just
|| sal****er, otherwise I'd give them to a good home)
||
|| Tom

Styro could work fine... as long as they can move, breath and be covered in
water... you may not even need the air pump much, just air 'em up several
times they should be ok....

2 days, as long as they aren't cramped, they should be fine....

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I moved my fish from Seattle to Indiana a few years back with only one loss.
I used a regular Coleman cooler which I used aquarium sealant to plug the
drain hole. I also drilled holes in the lid to allow the air to escape that
my pump was pushing in. Keep the cooler out of the sun and off the floor of
the car. The floor on some cars can be a lot hotter than the seats when you
are rolling down the road and that heat will raise the temp in the cooler if
it is setting on the floor.

Don't forget to acclimate your fish to the new water supply when you reach
your destination. I think the water chemistry change stressed my cardinals
tetras and it took them about two weeks to really get their color back.



"FshHeads" wrote in message
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I have an angelfish, 8 harlequin rasboras and a common pleco. In about a
week
I will be moving across country, a 2 day drive. I was planning on
selling/giving my fish to the lfs, but as the time approaches I don't want
to
give them up. Can they survive the trip? I've got a battery powered
airpump,
and I was thinking of putting them in a styrofoam cooler to minimize
temperature changes. Any suggestions. (my only local fishkeeping friend
does
just sal****er, otherwise I'd give them to a good home)

Tom