Moving

Hi Guys...

So i might be moving in the near future, from P.E to C.T!

How would you guys advise i move my fish? I am also thinking of just selling the fish and getting new ones in CT, but ive grown attached to the little guys!

Fish include Malawi Mbunas, Firemouth Cichlids and Upside Down Catfish and a Rainbow shark...

I want to know before hand so that i can make neccesary arrangements in time.

 

i think you should get someone to look after them for a while, and then when your move is over you just go and collect then.

 

Hi wade

Search the forum... plenty of information of moving.

 

dude we have millions of malawi places here in cape town so its up to you.

bets thing to do is always move the tank first or last pick a place where is is going to be and set it up first make sure everything is running smoothly then deal with the rest of the move.

 

what about using a sin wave convertor. That way you could power the heater while you move. average heaters about 150w power head of about 5w should be nothing to a decent sin convertor.
Plus those things are always handy to have if you take long car trips.

 

Thnax for all the replies guys...i must say the sin wave converter option does sound like a good one, especially since i have a bakkie and can "set everything up" in the bakkie...

 

Keeping the water warm is the least of your worries when moving.

 

It is actually a invertor and most is 350 watt ,Midas sell them and I have installed a few of them for clients to run playstations to 19 inch flat screens in cars

 

I know what it is @Corne... but I still think it's a waste of valuable resources. Moving is an expensive exercise. Rather spend R100 on a battery operated airpump... and save the other money for the move.

 

Thats the sad truth! Was thinking of taking up a small tank as well, set it up on arival and put the fish in (with the heated water they travelled in).

While the fish are in the smaller tank, start to set up the 1.6m and fill with water also brought from P.E from original tank. This will then be ready for fish the next day(after water is heated again).

Or , just start over again :sad2:

 

Dude.... don't worry about heating the water during transit. Fish travel for up to 48+ hours in cold water when being imported.
You can EASILY take the fish with.


Moving fish:
* Stop feeding fish 24 hours before the move. (Less food = less waste = less ammonia)
* Buy the largest polystyrene cooler box you can afford. (Try chemists and hospitals)
* Buy Microbelift Special Blend (to be used at destination)
* Buy battery operated airpump, + extra batteries
* Fill cooler with water from aquarium
* Put fish into cooler.
* During this stage, you could leave heater in the cooler with your filter on, cause obviously you need to take your tank down now.
* If you have space in truck, keep extra bottles of your aquarium water.

* When you are ready to go....
* Pack up heater
* Clean filter (in aquarium water)
* Connect battery airpump
* Pack up and go
* If possible, keep fish IN CAR, cover with blanket.
* Blanket will help maintain heat, plus keep fish in dark- less stress
* Fill up with petrol (cause you obviously forgot)

* When you arrive at destination
* Set up temp tank
* put fish in
* Put filter in
* Put heater in (DO NOT TURN ON UNTIL FISH ARE IN THE TANK- ONLY turn heater on when fish are in the tank)
* Add Special blend to water.
* Turn everything on
* Leave lights off
* Unpack and settle in

* ONLY FEED the next day

SIMPLE. (Why do we always overcomplicate these things.)

 

@Zoom
I corrected them on inventor
Do you really think everybody knows a sine wave converter, there is a pure sine wave converter that cost anything from 3K to 140K and the you get the crappy ones that almost has a binary movement between polarity that plays havoc on reaction values of components

2 million zim dollars