Moving a fishtank.

[CStroman]

I want to move my aquarium into my bedroom. What do I need to do to do it safely? I have 17 young goldfish and a lobster in it.

 

[tm37]

Just drain about half the water and move it then add about 10% of the vulome and let the temp setle then repeat. You don't want the fish to go into temp shock!

 

[trmiv]

Last time I moved a 60 gallon I bought a new, clean large plastic garbage can (55 gallon can I think). I moved about 70% of the water and all the fish into that. Then moved the tank, then added the fish and the original water that was in the garbage can to the tank, then filled it the rest of the way with fresh water. It's like doing a 30% water change, which if you do take care of your fish right should be something they get every month anyway.

 

[Thegonagle]

How big is it? Water weighs close to 9 pounds per gallon. Keep that in mind. I've also read that trying to move an aquarium with water in it is the number one cause of leaks.

 

[CStroman]

It's 10 gallons, and I've gotta bring it up the stairs, so less water is better. I'd also like to clean it, but I don't have anyplace to put the fish and lobster besides a 5 gallon paint-bucket.

 

[DannyLove]

try your arms

danny~!

 

[Yo Ma Ma]

<< It's 10 gallons, and I've gotta bring it up the stairs, so less water is better. I'd also like to clean it, but I don't have anyplace to put the fish and lobster besides a 5 gallon paint-bucket. >>

You could use a nice big kettle

 

[Beau]

<< It's 10 gallons, and I've gotta bring it up the stairs, so less water is better. I'd also like to clean it, but I don't have anyplace to put the fish and lobster besides a 5 gallon paint-bucket. >>

you've got 17 fish PLUS a lobster in a 10 gallon tank? That's just wrong! I realize that the fish are feeders, but still, a lobster in 10 gallons? I'm calling animal rights groups on your ass

 

[CStroman]

The lobster's only about 3".

 

[Murphyrulez]

A 3 FOOT LOBSTER!! !MY GOD MAN!

Oh wait, you said 3 inches.

Are you sure it's a lobster?

I hope the fish are small.

Just leave the fish all in the tank. Siphon out 2/3 of the water, slide the tank onto a piece of wood or something firm and pick it up. Shouldn't weigh more than 40 pounds or so. Don't try to pick it up by the frame, the glass could break out the bottom.

GET A BIGGER TANK! I had a 55 gallon tank years ago. It was fun, had a couple fish in it about 9 inches long. My sucker fish (Pleco) loved to hide in a ceramic log. He just hung out there. One day I noticed he was halfway out. He stayed in it too long and gre so big he couldn't get out!!! I had to crack the log to bust him free!! Funny stuff.



Paul

 

[notfred]

siphon water from tank to bucket. Move fish from tank to bucket. Clean and move tank. Fill tank halfway, with tap water, other half with the water in the bucket.

 

[Vincent]

Lobster are salt water creatures. Goldfish are freshwater fish, although I've heard that they can also survive in saltwater. Are you sure you really have a lobster?

 

[notfred]

he probably has a crayfish that someone said was a lobster.

 

[Gooberlx2]

Only vacuum (sp?) the substrate, don't actually take it out and clean it. There's bacteria and other biol life important for a proper ecosystem. And yeah, get a bigger tank, the lobster will out grow it eventually and 17 fish in addition are never good for your lobster's health. 1" of fish body length/gallon is the general rule, but the amount of ammonia and methane your fish are producing could make it unhealthy for the lobster.

2/3 (at most) H20 to bucket, fish to bags in bucket, carry tank upstairs.

 

[trmiv]

It's a crayfish. But, they are sometimes sold in the aquarium trade being called Lobsters. There is a blue variety that they call Electric Blue Lobsters (or crayfish depending on where you get them), that are actually pretty awesome looking. Be glad it isn't a really saltwater reef lobster, because they can be temperamental little bastards. When I was working at a aquarium store, I once had a battle with a saltwater Reef Lobster. It was in this reef tank, and the little sucker would pinch the hell out of me every time I tried to clean the tank. He always had my finger bleeding after cleaning the tank. One day I decided to get that bastard out of the tank, wow what a pain. Let me tell you, those claws HURT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[tigerbait]

hey yall, I believe the term is crawfish

naturally 'nawlins


Tigerbait

 

[ander]

Moved a 60 gallon before, pretty much was empty almost all the water, 5 gallon bucket the fish and go. Filled the tank from the tap though, so got the water at a good temp. As for cleaning the tank, if it's already biologically settled, cleaning it might mess it up.

 

[trmiv]

<< hey yall, I believe the term is crawfish

naturally 'nawlins


Tigerbait >>



Actually, both names are acceptable. link The name Crawfish is actually a variant of Crayfish

 

[UltraQuiet]

Crawdad, Crawfish, Crayfish all the same. However according to most of the people I met from Louisiana when we commisioned the USS Louisiana the proper name for these critters (especially when you are consuming them by the lb. with beer to match) is MUDBUGS

 

[tigerbait]

haha.. I knew it would spark debate



<< Crawfish, or Crayfish? There are heated arguments about which is the
correct name. The name crawfish was used in 1817 by Thomas Say, the
first American zoologist to study these animals. Crayfish was coined by
the English scientist, Thomas Huxley, about 50 years later. In this part
of the country they are also commonly called "crawdad", "crabs" or, in
the southern part of the state, "mudbugs ". >>

 

[CStroman]

Well, everything moved OK. If it's a crayfish, I'm gonna have to ask the store to pay me the $2 difference between lobsters and crayfish.

The allele for black scales must be recessive, because black goldfish account for 5/17.

 

[Joony]

does your lobster eat the fish?

 

[CStroman]

Only if he can catch them.