Transporting Koi

Hi All

I am about to transport 4x 12" Koi approx 1-11/2 hours in a car.

I have plenty of bags and or containers for the job....but will I need
oxygen?
I could use Ice to cool the containers and slow metabolisms etc. as the temp
may get high (25c +)SE England (wishful thinking !!)

OR
Does anyone know of local supplier of cheap airpumps to run a stone etc from
cigar lighter ?

The longest journey I've ever attempted was with 6" koi for 30mins without
oxygen etc..

ANY and ALL advice welcome!!!

Many thanks

Hi,

I brought my koi and goldfish and one angelfish up from Texas to Ohio in a
cooler with 2 airstone in each cooler, we did water changes every 8 hours,
changed the batteries once and they all came thru just fine. They are hardier
than we think.

Karen
Zone 5
Ashland, OH
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Hi,

I brought my koi and goldfish and one angelfish up from Texas to Ohio in a
cooler with 2 airstone in each cooler, we did water changes every 8 hours,
changed the batteries once and they all came thru just fine. They are hardier
than we think.

Karen
Zone 5
Ashland, OH
http://hometown.aol.com/kmam1/MyPond/MyPond.html
My Art Studio at
http://members.aol.com/kmmstudios/K....M.Studios.html
for email remove the extra extention

"ciel" wrote in message . uk...
Hi All

I am about to transport 4x 12" Koi approx 1-11/2 hours in a car.

I have plenty of bags and or containers for the job....but will I need
oxygen?
I could use Ice to cool the containers and slow metabolisms etc. as the temp
may get high (25c +)SE England (wishful thinking !!)

OR
Does anyone know of local supplier of cheap airpumps to run a stone etc from
cigar lighter ?

The longest journey I've ever attempted was with 6" koi for 30mins without
oxygen etc..

ANY and ALL advice welcome!!!

Many thanks


Check a local pet store for a battery operated pump,,, usually runs
on 2 or 3 "D" batteries. I've never used one but I would think it
should be fine for that amount of time. Online pet supply houses have
them for about $10.00

Good luck,
Shanda

"ciel" wrote in message . uk...
Hi All

I am about to transport 4x 12" Koi approx 1-11/2 hours in a car.

I have plenty of bags and or containers for the job....but will I need
oxygen?
I could use Ice to cool the containers and slow metabolisms etc. as the temp
may get high (25c +)SE England (wishful thinking !!)

OR
Does anyone know of local supplier of cheap airpumps to run a stone etc from
cigar lighter ?

The longest journey I've ever attempted was with 6" koi for 30mins without
oxygen etc..

ANY and ALL advice welcome!!!

Many thanks


Check a local pet store for a battery operated pump,,, usually runs
on 2 or 3 "D" batteries. I've never used one but I would think it
should be fine for that amount of time. Online pet supply houses have
them for about $10.00

Good luck,
Shanda

"ciel" wrote in message . uk...
Hi All

I am about to transport 4x 12" Koi approx 1-11/2 hours in a car.

Funny you should mention. Don't you mean, 1 to 1-1/2 hours, not just
over 11 hours? [/humour] When TMI tried to blow up, my [ex]wife ran
off upstate. She came back with her cousin's Oscar in a cooler as a
peace offering. She made one of the kids sit with the cooler in their
lap the whole way back, blowing into the bucket with a piece of hose
and an airstone. Sheesh.
IIR, from CPR training, the air you breathe out has practically just
as much oxygen as what you breathe in, within about 1/4 of the
available oxygen, so that was okay. Get an aquarium pump and a plug in
inverter if you need to pump air. Breathing it in makes for bad acidic
water, however.

The other tip on moving fish is to use plastic trash cans [cheap] and
be sure they are very full and well covered to prevent sloshing. Yes,
sounds wrong, but it is good physics and works. Found this in
rec.aquariums years ago.

"Have a good trip"
--
Crashj

"ciel" wrote in message . uk...
Hi All

I am about to transport 4x 12" Koi approx 1-11/2 hours in a car.

Funny you should mention. Don't you mean, 1 to 1-1/2 hours, not just
over 11 hours? [/humour] When TMI tried to blow up, my [ex]wife ran
off upstate. She came back with her cousin's Oscar in a cooler as a
peace offering. She made one of the kids sit with the cooler in their
lap the whole way back, blowing into the bucket with a piece of hose
and an airstone. Sheesh.
IIR, from CPR training, the air you breathe out has practically just
as much oxygen as what you breathe in, within about 1/4 of the
available oxygen, so that was okay. Get an aquarium pump and a plug in
inverter if you need to pump air. Breathing it in makes for bad acidic
water, however.

The other tip on moving fish is to use plastic trash cans [cheap] and
be sure they are very full and well covered to prevent sloshing. Yes,
sounds wrong, but it is good physics and works. Found this in
rec.aquariums years ago.

"Have a good trip"
--
Crashj

http://www.mu.edu/~buxtoni/puregold/...tm#MOVING_FISH

"ciel" wrote:

Hi All

I am about to transport 4x 12" Koi approx 1-11/2 hours in a car.

I have plenty of bags and or containers for the job....but will I need
oxygen?
I could use Ice to cool the containers and slow metabolisms etc. as the temp
may get high (25c +)SE England (wishful thinking !!)

OR
Does anyone know of local supplier of cheap airpumps to run a stone etc from
cigar lighter ?

The longest journey I've ever attempted was with 6" koi for 30mins without
oxygen etc..

ANY and ALL advice welcome!!!

Many thanks






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http://www.mu.edu/~buxtoni/puregold/...tm#MOVING_FISH

"ciel" wrote:

Hi All

I am about to transport 4x 12" Koi approx 1-11/2 hours in a car.

I have plenty of bags and or containers for the job....but will I need
oxygen?
I could use Ice to cool the containers and slow metabolisms etc. as the temp
may get high (25c +)SE England (wishful thinking !!)

OR
Does anyone know of local supplier of cheap airpumps to run a stone etc from
cigar lighter ?

The longest journey I've ever attempted was with 6" koi for 30mins without
oxygen etc..

ANY and ALL advice welcome!!!

Many thanks






~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.

OK NOW I'm Worried


the article http://www.mu.edu/~buxtoni/puregold/...tm#MOVING_FISH
says NOT to float and introduce my pond water gradually after
transportation, as it will "fry" the fishes gills..........

Is This correct?

Surely just transferring fish from one type of water to another is MORE
likely to do damage

I'm confused!!

I gotta collect the fish Monday........4x 12" KOI 1 to1-1/2 hours
travelling..am I being paranoid?

Help!!





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http://www.mu.edu/~buxtoni/puregold/...tm#MOVING_FISH

"ciel" wrote:

Hi All

I am about to transport 4x 12" Koi approx 1-11/2 hours in a car.

I have plenty of bags and or containers for the job....but will I need
oxygen?
I could use Ice to cool the containers and slow metabolisms etc. as the
temp
may get high (25c +)SE England (wishful thinking !!)

OR
Does anyone know of local supplier of cheap airpumps to run a stone etc
from
cigar lighter ?

The longest journey I've ever attempted was with 6" koi for 30mins
without
oxygen etc..

ANY and ALL advice welcome!!!

Many thanks






~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.