Help please, I'm moving and need some advice

3cholight
  • #1
I'm supposed to be moving out at the end of the month because my landlords have bought a new house. I have 4 tanks with an assortment of fish. Mainly bettas, Corydoras, otocats, minnows, shrimp and a couple rasboras. HOWEVER. I was told that I need to tear down my tanks THIS WEEKEND and that I could no longer have them set up because I have to be out of the house and at a hotel (provided by my landlords) for the rest of the month. I have a plan of putting them all in seperate heated buckets, and then (only for the bettas) place them in bowls and sit them in a partially water filled and heated styrofoam (or plastic) cooler for transportation. I will be doing something similar for my plants.. because I mean, it's cold out and both the plants and fish need heat and water or else they'll freeze. I hate that I have to put them in such a state but I don't know what choice I have... nobody else can take care of them and I refuse to sell or hand them over to someone because I'm simply moving in town. My biggest concern is how long I can keep them like this... Because I have to wait until the end of the month to move and I'm extremely scared that my fish and plants won't make it that long. It's still basically 4 weeks away! I don't even know if this is the smart way to go about it... I need help guys, I don't want to accidentally kill my fish trying to transport them because of my landlords' decision.... And I apologize if any of this made no sense at all.
 
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PeterFishKeepin
  • #2
hand warm packs to keep them warm, towels, sealed bottles of hot water, when transporting turn car AC as hot as you can
 
3cholight
  • Thread Starter
  • #3
hand warm packs to keep them warm, towels, sealed bottles of hot water, when transporting turn car AC as hot as you can
What about being at the hotel with them like this for 4 weeks?? I'm worried they won't survive in buckets... Even if I had my heaters running and bubblers
 
PeterFishKeepin
  • #4
put in 5 gallon buckets, its like putting them in 5-gallon tank quarantine, fish don't need glass to be alive.

They need to have good cycled bacteria and water, use the tank water they are in now, and keep the filter media too.
 
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3cholight
  • Thread Starter
  • #5
put in 5 gallon buckets, its like putting them in 5-gallon tank quarantine, fish don't need glass to be alive.

They need to have good cycled bacteria and water, use the tank water they are in now, and keep the filter media too.
They'll be okay like that for sure for that long?
 
PeterFishKeepin
  • #6
i don't see why not, if its heated, has cycled water, filter media, water is moving and oxygenated, then should be fine. Just because its a bucket it doesn't mean they cant survive
 
3cholight
  • Thread Starter
  • #7
i don't see why not, if its heated, has cycled water, filter media, water is moving and oxygenated, then should be fine. Just because its a bucket it doesn't mean they cant survive
I don't have enough filters for all of them... Just for the community fish. Will an airstone help with that? I do have heaters however that they'll all have
 
PeterFishKeepin
  • #8
yep thats sounds ok, filter not as important, but oxygen is important. do a 25-35% water change each week bc you don't have filters in all.
 
3cholight
  • Thread Starter
  • #9
yep thats sounds ok, filter not as important, but oxygen is important. do a 25-35% water change each week bc you don't have filters in all.
Okay, thank you so much
 

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