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Posted	MOVING HOUSE
14-08-2007 12:48 by thomas	Has anyone got any ideas of the best way to move my fish to my new house. They are currently in a 260 Jewel, moving to a 440 Rena. I can give a few days for the water to settle before I need to move the fish but they are rather large and I think they may get quite stressed when moved. Can anyone please tell me the best method to reduce the ammount of stress caused. Thank you for your help.
14-08-2007 13:25 by tasha	i held mine in a spare tank for week while the other 1 matured
14-08-2007 13:30 by Linda Chenapa	Here is how I would do it. Get some cotainers to transfer half of the water from the 260 to the 440. Use some of the media from the filter and put it in the new one. You don't say what, or how many, the fish are,persumably they are tropical,I would then move one or two of them to the new tank as the filter wil need them to cycle it. Have some whitespot treatment to hand as the stress may cause them to get this. Feed them small amounts and keep a close eye on them. No doubt others will have their own way of doing it. Good luck!
15-08-2007 09:57 by telboy	if it were me,id set up new tank where its gonna stay[without water],then id somehow transport as much of the OLD water from established tank as i could [aiming to get 50%-75% full of old water],on the last trip id bag up/bucket fish + exsisting filter,quickly install filter into new tank, then acclimatise fish,add fish,+ hope ya get no losses,after a day or two id do a 20% water change,then a day or two later id do a 10% water change,after that things should be ok!good luck amigo...
15-08-2007 13:20 by Elmo	lindas and telboys suggestion are both spot on its which ever one suits you best, to do it quickly do as telboy says and you should have no probs, just be prepared and do it quickly and have someone to help you.
15-08-2007 22:26 by Danny Boy	put all the water and fish in a brand new dustbin, clean the filter media and drop that in too. take to new home put water and fish in new tank and media back in filter. put shiny new dustbin outside shiny new house jobs a good 'un
16-08-2007 10:07 by silverstreem	sounds silly but i used a big popcorn tub and put my heater in it untill i was sorted to travel!
16-08-2007 12:16 by thomas	would the fish fight if I was to introduce hen gradually.
16-08-2007 13:04 by -Rob C-	What fish do you have? If it's cichlids, probably. If it's tetras, no chance.
16-08-2007 13:07 by telboy	set the new tank up the same as the old one as ya fish will feel more at home
16-08-2007 19:37 by thomas	So I should set the tank up, using some old water, take one of the filters, I have two and leave for a few weeks to mature, then add all fish together. If I was to use water treatment like Seachem Prime, could I introduce them after a few days.
17-08-2007 01:11 by -Rob C-	If you use as much of the 'old' water as you can and use the same filters theres no reason you can't put the fish in straight away.
17-08-2007 12:39 by Nick G	Good luck with the move mate, let us know how you get o.......
17-08-2007 15:25 by telboy	thomas,read the replys mate
17-08-2007 19:14 by Nick G
17-08-2007 21:01 by alan78

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