How do I move my fish from a 50 gallon tank?
My husband and I are moving from Michigan to Montana after Christmas. We have a 50 gallon fish tank full of fish. We aren't going to take the tank with us (we're going to give it to my brother's family) so how do we move the fish?
I obviously don't want them to die in the process. How do I go about moving the fish and getting the tank set up?
We don't have a smaller tank either, just the big one.
I've done this before with a 36 gallon tank. I went to Home Depot (any hardware store is fine) and bought a bunch of empty 5 gallon buckets, and clear trash bags. You want to use as much of the old water as you can keep when you set the tank back up, so line the buckets with the bags and fill them up one at a time. The fish can go in one of the bags also. Put the plants and decorations in a bag, and take apart the filter/heater/air pump/etc. When you get everything to it's new home set it back up just like it was before. You'll probably have to put some new water in because it is hard to get every drop but use some stress coat to help the fish with the transition. Try to set the plants back up the way they were before so it doesn't make the fish too nervous with such a big change. If it isn't that long of a trip the fish should be fine and the water temp shouldn't change that much. Make sure the brother's family knows how to take care of the fish once everything is set up too. Good luck.
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