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im moving whats the best way to move my fish i have juvi calvus and comps in a 55g and thats aweful heavy to be carrying with even a little water in it. any suggestions? :x
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Get yourself a pool vacuum hose and syphon all of the substrate out into buckets - you need to find some one to hang onto your fish for a few days and set your tank back up in the new house with the same old substrate, then wait for your ammonia spike to disappear (and there will be a large one from stirring up all that substrate).
There's really no easy way to move a tank - you may want to get a filter bag and put all of your bio media in it to hand off with your fish to whoever cares for them while you move.
There's really no easy way to move a tank - you may want to get a filter bag and put all of your bio media in it to hand off with your fish to whoever cares for them while you move.
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not a bad idea although i dont really have anyone to take care of them .. what sucks is i have had my calvus and comps in there for olmost a week so i dont really have much bio matter and my substrate is a sandy crush coral. my filter is still pretty much clean but i do have a big dirty filter int there from my 30. gal cichlid tank. any other suggestions? 
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If you keep the filter moist, the bacteria will survive for a while. You were saying that the filter is new? And then you have a used filter as well? Just move the fish, keep the filters moist, fill the tank and away you go. Then just monitor the nitrate cycle.
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Bag the fish up like you would if someone was shipping you the fish. I had to move over 15 tanks once. It's possible if the move isn't too far. Cross country moves.... sell the fish.
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There are several good topics on this website, you can do a search for more of them, but here's a good one that includes my moving experiences...
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=102103
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=102103
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im only moving like 2 mins up the street lol so it shouldnt be to bad i like that 18 gal tub idea so i should full it up a quarter of the way or something put them in there with a air pump? and get all my substrate out and keep some water on it also and keep my filters wet.. :dancing:
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