Question: Moving out

AdriMtz

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I'll be moving out in a week and I've never moved an aquarium before. I've got a 20 gallon tank and a water chiller. Anyone have any tips? I'm not really sure how I'm going to disassemble the cooler...
I've bought three 5 gallons and I'm thinking about moving him in a tupperware container.
-thank you
 
I am no expert and am unsure how great my advice is so anyone please correct me if I am wrong.

I have to move my Axies a number of times a year as I am a school teacher and they are class pets that come home with me during the breaks. They seem to be happy after each move but don't particularly like to 40 minute car ride.

I carry as much of their tank water in sealed buckets as I can. I take all their decorations and filter in sealed plastic bags and I carry them in the largest zip lock bags I can. I them place the zip lock bag a fabric or styrofoam box with some soft ice packs around the edges and I think I am going to add a towel this time. I put them in the foot well and blast the air-conditioner over the box. I have a second tank at home that I add the water and decorations to. Run the filter and then their plastic bags. Releasing them after they are acclimatized. Sorry I can't help with the filter.
 
what renette said was pretty spot on, but I would try to take as much of the tank water as possible.

keep the filter bed wet. if you're running a canister (I assume you are seeing as you have a chiller) take the top off the filter and put the filter media in a bucket that contains a good amount of the tank water. keeping the filter media wet with tank water will keep the good bacteria that process wastes that your axies excrete alive longer.

keep all tank ornaments/stones etc wet too in another bucket of tank water. the good bacteria also live on them.

as for the chiller, you guessed it the good bacteria also thrive in there. in fact they thrive on just about any surface in your tank, inside hoses, in the filter, on the tank walls, inside the chiller. the chiller will hold some water inside so don't drain it. just make sure it won't tip over and drain out when you move it. disconnect the hoses and put them in another bucket of tank water to keep them wet inside. be careful when you loosen the fittings, if they are plastic they could be brittle.

basically keep as much of the equipment wet as possible. obviously you'll need to drain the tank. then just set it back up as soon as possible.
 
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