Moving fish

ARGYGANG · Feb 10, 2023

Has anyone moved fish/coral 12+ hours away and if so how did you do it and how was your survival rate? I’m moving from sc to pa and am planning on buying 14 emergency air stones and connecting them to sponge filters in 5 gallon buckets and running the heat at 80 the entire trip. Thoughts?

Buckster · Feb 10, 2023

I traveled with fish and coral from MA to SC. I have an inverter in my truck which I plugged in two heaters and two air stones. Everything was fine and I lost nothing. I was informed beforehand to make sure I don't feed the fish for at least the day before to keep the ammonia levels down.

nuxx · Feb 10, 2023

Think you have the right idea

vetteguy53081 · Feb 10, 2023

ARGYGANG said:
Has anyone moved fish/coral 12+ hours away and if so how did you do it and how was your survival rate? I’m moving from sc to pa and am planning on buying 14 emergency air stones and connecting them to sponge filters in 5 gallon buckets and running the heat at 80 the entire trip. Thoughts?

I did what Buckster did and ran power inverter and single outlet air pumps and stones with coolers I got second hand from goodwill. Carry a small cooler with ice packs to cool water if needed.

ARGYGANG · Feb 10, 2023

vetteguy53081 said:
I did what Buckster did and ran power inverter and single outlet air pumps and stones with coolers I got second hand from goodwill. Carry a small cooler with ice packs to cool water if needed.

Y’all have some awesome ideas, me and my gf are beyond stressed because we arnt moving a back of the truck amount of livestock it’s more like a uhaul amount of 5 gallon buckets haha.

907_Reefer · Feb 10, 2023

We just moved our entire 55 gal setup 300 miles through Alaska in the winter, temps in the 20's F. 5 gal buckets galore, battery powered air pumps/stones from Amazon, cranked the heat in the car. 12 hours from tear down to arrival where everything went into 2 30 gal totes for 6 days, worked like a charm!

demonclownfish · Feb 10, 2023

PVC length of cooler - encap on one side drill a bunch of holes and rig up connection line on other side with a pump in cooler. Becomes a spray bar and keep water moving and extremely well oxygenated and distributes heat from heater. I've moved fish many hours with that setup.

ARGYGANG · Feb 10, 2023

demonclownfish said:
PVC length of cooler - encap on one side drill a bunch of holes and rig up connection line on other side with a pump in cooler. Becomes a spray bar and keep water moving and extremely well oxygenated and distributes heat from heater. I've moved fish many hours with that setup.

Do you have a picture of this? Interested to see if I can replicate it