Moving assistance

My family will be moving on Friday and I need to relocate 5 tanks. Hmm. My thought is to put five gallons of water in a bucket, add fish and then secure the lid. I plan on putting the gravel and media in another bucket and moving the tank empty, replacing origional gravel and putting the fish back in. This should be fine, in my opinion for the 5, 2 10s, and 29 (stretching it on approx. 7 gallons origional h2o). What should I think about for my 75? Is there another technique? Trying to use Biospira as a last resort, as it didn't do a hoot when I started te 75 in December. By the way I have a three week window until my current lease is up, so the tanks can stay until the initial move is settled. My neighbor can feed in the meantime. The move is 20 mins away, so the elapsed time out of filtered oxygenated water should only be an hour.

 

I think the same process would work for all the tanks and probably would be best for the 75 gallon even more than the others. Tanks can be moved with the substrate and just enough water to cover in them, but that would be a lot of weight with a 75 gallon and could stress the glass.

The fish could be double-bagged and moved with towels around the bags to cushion them. They can be moved in a bucket, but could sustain injuries if water sloshes slams them against a hard surface.

 

This is pretty much how I got my first tank and fish home, (before I knew about the possibility of injury from hitting the sides of the tank), and it worked pretty well.
BettaCouple did this on a large scale and with minimal loss of fish, though, and I really suggest that you follow the above idea, as it does help protect the fish if you hit a pothole or something.
An hour should be nothing to worry about as far as oxygen goes. I routinely carry fish thirty to forty minutes with no issues, and one of the members here travels quite a bit further, as she comes from Canada down to a decent-sized town in MN.

 

Thank you. I obviously planned on keeping the substrate wet and out of the vessal to reduce weight. I figured I would top off the buckets before putting the lids on to prevent sloshing.

 

The water will still flow around in the buckets, and could push the fish against the hard walls. I'm not saying don't do it, and I'm not saying it isn't safe. I'm just saying that bags would be safer.

 

Thank you for correcting my theory. That's why I consulted the forum!

 

Yea, it was here on the forum that we learned about moving fish in soft containers over hard too. Good luck with your move.

 

The move was successful with no fatalities! The day after, one guppy dropped 21 fry.

 

Excellent news.

 

Glad to hear that your move was successful.