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From: piety@hplabs.UUCP (Bob Piety)
Newsgroups: net.pets
Subject: Re: How do you move a 30 gallon aquarium filled with fish?
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Date: Fri, 18-May-84 10:40:58 EDT
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A clean, plastic garbage can will work.  Just siphon, say, 10-15 gallons of
water from your tanks into the can, squirt in some stuff that you get from
the aquarium shop (it forms a protective slime on the fish to help ease the
shock of the move), and put the fish in. Try to keep it insulated during the
move to avoid temperature changes, and try to minimize the transport time.

Another container that we have used succesfully is an ice chest. They are
well insulated and ours is just right for transporting the inhabitants of
our 55gal tank.

A point to remember: The trauma of moving causes the fish to use more oxygen
than normal. Thus, if the move is a long one, oxygenation of the water is
recommended and, again, insulation of the container to minimize temperature
fluctuations is important.

From the aquarium of

     Bob