steven@lakesys.UUCP (Steven Goodman) (02/08/88)
About a year ago I moved all of my fish from a 30 gallon
tank to a 55 gallon. Now most of the fish had no problem
in adjusting to this. However I have a HUGE Black Ghost
Knife Fish, which took all of a few weeks to adjust to and
to be honest I was very surprized the it survived this
move. Now this was from one side of the room to another.
In a few weeks I will be moving across town and I do not
want to lose this fish! I am looking for suggestions
people might have in making this move gracefully. Another
problem being I live in Wisconsin, this will mean the
temperature outside around the time of moving will be
somewhere between 20 - 30 degrees F. Hopefully warmer,
but I would believe from the past weather that this would
not be likely.
Another problem will be that I have 2 days to make this move
so any tank I may set up in the new home will not have more
than a day for the water to sit. Not to mention this will
all have to be done very quickly seeing as I have many other
things to do associated with this move. Suggestion?
I do have a few tanks around and some alot of equipment.
--
Steven Goodman |
Lake Systems Milwaukee, Wisconsin | "A smart man talks,
1 (414) 744-7033 | a wise man listens"
UUCP: {ihnp4,uwvax}!uwmcsd1!lakesys!steven |arriflex@ihlpe.ATT.COM (Fister) (02/09/88)
All I can say is break down your fish tank last and set it up in the new place first. Bring as much water from the old tank as you can. I transport my fish in a 5 gal. bucket, they get air stones and heat as soon as there is power. I set up the tank with the old water and some new water. Don't rush puting the fish in the new tank, make sure everything is stable before you start throwing fish in. DO THE BAG THING One time I put neons in first then put my large Angles in. they loved the dinner i had for them in their new home. G.E.Fister (312) 979-6927
agd@homxb.UUCP (A.DEACON) (02/09/88)
In article <436@lakesys.UUCP>, steven@lakesys.UUCP (Steven Goodman) writes: > > > In a few weeks I will be moving across town and I do not > want to lose this fish! I am looking for suggestions > people might have in making this move gracefully. Another > problem being I live in Wisconsin, this will mean the > temperature outside around the time of moving will be > somewhere between 20 - 30 degrees F. Hopefully warmer, > but I would believe from the past weather that this would > not be likely. > > Steven Goodman | > Lake Systems Milwaukee, Wisconsin | "A smart man talks, > 1 (414) 744-7033 | a wise man listens" > UUCP: {ihnp4,uwvax}!uwmcsd1!lakesys!steven | Some suggestions on moving fish taken off the ATF FORUM: Pick up an O2 cylinder at a pharmacy, bag the fish, and go! SAVE the WATER: you can put it back in the tank and minimize the shock to the fish. Then you can initiate water changes after 24 hours. If you have a UGF, keep the gravel damp (under some water) and do not expose the tanks to sunlight. When you get to the new destination, put the old water back in the tanks, and float the fish in the bags just like the first time you got them. OH, and keep the bags out of the sun, unless you like boiled fish! When I moved about a year and a half ago, this is the way I handled it. 1. I got a friend and a large vehicle into which we loaded all my empty tanks (about 20 of them) and moved them all to the new place. 2. We came back and siphoned the water of the remaining five tanks (I knew I was going to be moving well before hand and dissapated my stock) into various clean containers--a number of five gallon jugs, and some plastic garbage pails with new liners. (If you use garbage pails fill them only about half full--they'll weigh a ton!) When we had siphoned about 2/3 of the water from each tank, we captured the inhabitants and bagged them and placed them in several coolers. Then we siphoned the rest of the water and threw it out, leaving about 2-3 inches in each tank. We then loaded the water an fish and moved them. 3. We then moved the tanks to the new place and placed them in position (in the cellar--previous arrangemnts had already been made and I didn't require stands anymore), filled them with the saved water, and acclimated the fish back into them. After about a week, I did a complete water change filling the tanks to the proper level. All this was done prior to the real move about a week later so I didn't have to worry about the fish as well as everything else. The new place was about 30 mins. from the old. There is more information available if you would like me to retrieve it for you. Art Deacon ihnp4!homxb!agd
richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton) (02/10/88)
Well, let's see. If it were MY black ghost knife fish I'd probably
do this or something like this:
Buy two plastic garbage pails. Put them in the bathtub of
the new abode and run water through them for 12 - 24 hours
(I'm paranoid and want to leech all those wierd plastic
compounds out).
Use 1 as a moving tank and 1 as a holding tank.
Put a heater in the one that is in the
new abode, and an aerator. The fish can live
in here until you get the new tank
set up.
Use the other one as a moving tank. Siphon off water from
the tank the fish is now in, place the fish in it, put
the thing in the car, set the car heater on high, drive
to new abode, move fish to other garbage paiil.
When you have your new tank set up move him in.
I probably dont need to tell you how difficly ghost knives
can be. They have a 'sonar' system like mormyrids, and are
very sensitive to electrolyte balance. They also like
real softe acid water, which most people don't provide
(although them seem to do ok in spite of that)
The natives of the Amazon believe the sould of their
ancestors inhabit these fish, and try whenever possible
to prevent collectors from taking them.
--
"It's too dark to put my legs in my munitions"
richard@gryphon.CTS.COM
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