question regarding moving

a question for the group----
I am moving from North Carolina to California and am moving my three tanks.
I am trading all of the fish to the LFS for food etc. and moving the tanks
dry (of course). The question is in regard to the filters should I open them
here and try to dry them out? Should I keep water in them? It will probably
be at least 3 to 4 weeks before I get time to set everything back up and get
more stock.

any input is appreciated.

thanks
Brad

"URBANFLAGE" wrote in message
...
a question for the group----
I am moving from North Carolina to California and am moving my three
tanks.
I am trading all of the fish to the LFS for food etc. and moving the tanks
dry (of course). The question is in regard to the filters should I open
them
here and try to dry them out? Should I keep water in them? It will
probably
be at least 3 to 4 weeks before I get time to set everything back up and
get
more stock.
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I would rinse them out with tank water and allow them to dry. There is no
way to keep their bacterial cultures alive for that long without running
them and feeding the cultures........
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URBANFLAGE write,
regard to the filters......
at least 3 to 4 weeks before I get time to set everything back up......

I agree with Koi-Lo, but I would clean them in *tank* water, and let
air dry. For some reason, your next cycle will only take half the time
if you don't chemically clean your filter media......... Frank

URBANFLAGE wrote:
a question for the group----
I am moving from North Carolina to California and am moving my three tanks.
I am trading all of the fish to the LFS for food etc. and moving the tanks
dry (of course). The question is in regard to the filters should I open them
here and try to dry them out? Should I keep water in them? It will probably
be at least 3 to 4 weeks before I get time to set everything back up and get
more stock.

I'd dry them out - bugs won't live that long.

If you're moving to one of the big cities, San Diego, Los Angeles, and
San Francisco all have aquarium societies where you can get both filter
bacteria and interesting livestock.

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