transfering livestock over long distances ?s..

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TexasDude

Let's say I were to move like to another state many miles away.. what would b the best way to transfer your fish? I know corals should be ok as long as u keep the temp ok but I know fish area little harder. Any suggestions? Has anyone had to do this? Just curious.
 
you can go to walmart and buy some battery operated airline and airstones
they are in the baoting section
 
That's kinda what I was thinking. Like putting them in a cooler and having an airstone in it. I know they make A/C converters or whatever and um assuming u could run a heater off of that if u needed? But in hot tem idk. RO icecubes? Lol I guess u could also float frozen bottles of water to cool it..
 
I have HEARD that when they ship fish long distances they don't feed them much a few days prior. Less food = Less poop = Cleaner water. Ammonia can build up really quick in a tank/cooler/bag with no bio filtration.
 
I would say, don't feed for a few days.
Keep the temp on the lower range to slow metabolism.
If you can get an inverter, it would probably be cheaper in the long ru. Those battery powered pumps eat d cell batteries quick.
The pump may not even be necessary, as the sloshing of driving would keep the surface broke and move the water around.
Keep is dark.

Never done it, but those a few things that I would do personally.
 
Lot of variables there. What time of year? Inside of a vehicle or in the bed of truck? Overnight stay or straight through trip? Unless you have some fish you are just really attached to I would sell them off and replace them when I had the tank setup and stable. I have known others who left corals with tanks members and had them shipped after they were settled in, setup and stable. Are you moving for sure or just looking a hypothetical? Let me know if I can help.
 
It would b a straight through trip prolly during the heat of the summer. I assume a bubble stone in a cooler would work. If it gets too hot I can float frozen bottles of water. Thx for the input guys!
 
they have coolers with quick access doors you want the c02 to be able to easily escape. also a digital thermometer would be good to keep track of the temp in the cooler. Also bring some extra salt water that way you can do mini water changes along the way.
 
When I last made a big move (DC to Ft. Worth) I kept the fish in with the live rock in coolers with airstones. The corals I bagged up partially, but larger colonies were just partioned off in open topped rubermaid containers in the coolers. It was late May, and I didn't have any issues with temp. I was only moving a 40g tank in a the back of a camper topped truck. We drove straight through, and I setup everything when I could when we got in. I lost 1 fish out of 6 and a few sps frags, but not much else. As always, YMMV.
 
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