How do you move fish? I am moving from Kansas to Colorado and I have a 25 gallon tank with 6 fish.?

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moving fish is very risky but they do it all the time rite! so go to a fish store that has oxygen capsules and buy as many as you think you will need for the trip (how many days) and take about two thirds of the water out of the tank assuming it is fresh water fish.and follow directions on how many caps to use every 4-6 hours they disolve and ad oxygen to the water. make sure you get enough in case of any car problems. put a lot of blankets or soft furnishings around the tank so not to get cracked or in the back seat of a car or truck. if it gets to hot you will want to add cool water or ice from time to time. they should make it fine. other wise you can trade them in at a fish store if your not attached to them. and buy more when you get to where your going. good luck! ask the pros if you have any questions on salt water tanks. there pretty helpful. i would think to ad the same oxygen is the only thing that i ever used for 40 years now and several moves. i worry about the tank more than the fish. but thats me.

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just put it in somthing secure and be very carful dump some of the water out thats wat i did when i moved from ky to tn!

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Empty the tank by about half. Buy an inverter to have 115VAC available for the pumps/filters inside the car. You dont' have long drive, so everything should be fine.

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Ask a pet store or an aquarium store. They may even have travelling tanks that you can buy.

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For advice on this subject go to a fish store,they are good at moving fish(shipping),and may even have the materials you need,(bags,fish boxes,and oxygen if possible.)

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This is how I moved my fish. I got a large bucket about 5 gallons. I filled it with water from the aquarium. I put the fish in then put the lid on tight. I placed the bucket on the floor in the back seat of my car. When you get to your new place set up your tank using the water from the bucket. Using the same water is less stressful for the fish as they are accustomed to it.

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Actually get one of those white coolers from your grocery store, ya know the cheap ones that are that white foam..
Once you get one of those try to put as much water from the tank as possible, add your fish to this and put top on. You may want to take a garbage bag or something, blow it up but it at the very top and close the top. It'll help keep the water from moving around a lot.

If you can take some more water and put it another container or something. Empty out the rest of the water and you should be able to move your tank.

Once you make it to where you are moving you should get the aquarium going first. Put in the one container of water with no fishies in it, and then dump the container with fishies in it.
Start adding water every hour or so, until you are satisfied with your tank.

Oh and don't feed your fish 24 hrs before the move and 24 hrs after the move, they'll be so stressed out from the move they won't eat anyway.

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http://www.bestfish.com/moving.html...

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I have moved fish many times for my clients over the years, sometimes just an hour or two, sometimes overnight or more.

It is important to try and keep the temperature from varying too much, so it is best to keep the fish in a relatively controlled environment inside a car, van, or PU shell that can be kept cool in summer or warm in winter. This time of the year is usually the easiest due to lack of extreme temperatures.

I used as large as necessary for the fish volume sterile Rubber Made containers (often 30 gallon filled 1/3). I used tank water and tank decorations such as plants or other non heavy decor to give cover. Then I add Methylene Blue (according to instructions on the bottle as different MB products vary in dose). This act as a Hemoglobin transfer agent for the blood (allowing for the crowded conditions), prevents ammonia poisoning, prevents disease, and darkens the water for stress prevention.
I also add products such as a Wonder Shell ( http://americanaquariumproducts.com/medi... ) for electrolytes and calcium; again for stress in these conditions.

In trips over 4 hours I would recommend a battery air pump or a standard AC pump run off an inverter plugged into your cigarette lighter.

Upon arrival, SLOWLY add water from the new tank while extracting water form the container to prevent stress. Make sure you save as much UNCLEANED gravel and other filter media so as to restart your bio filtration.

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This method (which has modified over the years) has been VERY effective for me and my aquarium design and maintenance business (my employees also followed this procedure). The addion of electolytes and MB is important as well as preserving the filter media, ECT.
It should be noted that scientific research has shown that nitrifying bacteria secrete a glue like substance to the surface of media, and very little of thse bacteria are preserved by moving water alone. This is a very important aspect of your move, so i have repectfully disagree with the need to save water vs. saving filter media/gravel.
As long as you uses a good conditioner such as Start Right upon arrival and adjust temperature, the new water should not be a problem.
I would recommend this article for more about the Nitrogen Cycle: http://www.americanaquariumproducts.com/...

I also have to respectfully disagree that a sterile plastic container is toxic to the fish. The same type of plastic is used for human food containers (in fact many Restaurants I aminained aquariums for used similar for bulk food preperation).

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For advice on this subject go to a fish store,they are good at moving fish(shipping),and may even have the materials you need,(bags,fish boxes,and oxygen if possible.)

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What kind of fish?

Do not pick up the tank until you have emptied it of at least 2/3 of the water-- BUT -- KEEP about 6 gallons of the tank water -- in a CLEAN glass bottle or two/three/four. You will need that water to season the tank or else the fish could die from all the new water (and it's water from a new location too so it's quite different from your old tap water too) when you set up the tank again.

I need to know what kind of fish they are before I can tell you anything.

DO be aware that if you put the fish in a plastic bucket the plastic could kill them-- why don't you call or email some local or non-local acquariums to find out more?