Transporting fish tank

[R33fz]

Hi! I'm new into this so I'd like to get some helpful insights. Is it true that before you transport the fishes, it is needed to discontinue feeding the fish two days before the move? How do you guys move the tank if you're going to put it on the truck bed? Is it safe to keep the tailgate down to fit the tank? Need some suggestions to keep it in place. Is it ok to use straps and attach it to the backrack? Should I place styrofoam or some material under it?

We are moving a distance of 4 hours (more or less). I've read that it is recommended to bag the fish individually. How do you transport the plants? Is it advisable to put it in a container with water?

 

[pluikens]

I believe the discontinuation of feeding is so that the fish do not create as much waste during transport. I've moved an older 150-gallon tank across town and across the state before. One was on a trailer where I just covered it with furniture moving blankets and strapped it down over the sides of the trailer. In a truck bed, it fit with the tailgate closed, I had other stuff in the back, and I had a topper so I didn't even strap it down. If your tailgate is down, I would strap from the front around the back of the tank with some blankets between the strap and tank. I've also moved an older 90-gallon tank about an hour in the back of my wife's Jeep. No strapping there and it didn't move around much at all. I'm calling out "older" because these were factory rimmed tanks that I believe were made with thicker glass than some of the newer rimless tanks.

 

[Sorcha2]

Get a bunch of those 5g food grade buckets from lowes use some of them for fish half or a quarter full of water. Separate the fish by groups and individuals ie pairs or trios with low agression can be together, more aggressive or larger fish by themselves do the same thing for any inverts. Use some more of the buckets to put your sand and rocks in being careful to pack anything with attached corals or plants in such a way that they won't get crushed with enough water to keep them well covered. Get a few air pumps with airstones so that when you stop or get to your location you can run them in the buckets. Bagging fish only works if you can oxygen bag them and it is still riskier than the bucket method.