moving fish question.....

[nickerbokker]

hey yall....you know all about linkin and blinkin.  the drama that has surrounded them since, and the fact that they survived their fungus TWICE......

SO.  now i am moving, and im sure that with out the little red car making the trip....the big moving truck will take me a good 5 hours, or 6 to get there.  that means, my little fishies are gonna get stressed out (cuz their stupid), and i dont want them to sink, or float lol. 

WHAT DO I DO!  how do i move them.  what will NOT kill them?  anything? or are my fishies going to take the trip down the magical tunnel to the ocean?

help please!

[Jessdryden]

We used to have salt water fish which we had to move a couple of times.  In addition to the suggestions above, we placed our fishies inside a large bag, inside an ice chest to keep them from getting too hot (without ice).  You can get a little more oxygen to them by opening the bag once during the trip.  Our fishies were okay for about 5-6 hours. 

Good luck!

[kildeskennel]

GOOD GRIEF!  Is Everyone Moving around the country while I have been running around like a crazy woman this summer???LOL  Where are you going to move to???

[nickerbokker]

fresno about a mile from jaime


movers come at 4 tomorrow!!!  wooohooooo

[brandon]

You didn't mention what sort of aquarium, so I'll assume a freshwater tank. If you can take the water with you that'd be the easiest.  if not just have some start-right or some other sort of dechlorinator.  They'll be fine for 5-6 hours.  Shipping fish generally take at least 24 hours, and they're just in bags in styrofoam coolers.  We've moved our fish a couple of times, the first time was african cichlids and we left them in the cooler several days with an air-stone, but ended up losing a few jumpers.  The last time was 4 reef tanks, and didn't lose anything but it was an all day event by itself.