How Would You Do It?

[swanseastilo]

Guys say you have to move a fish tank from one house to another about 10 minutes apart.

The tanks have fish in and all about 120l each how would you move them, Causing as little stress as possible, and hopefully avoiding any mini cycles.

Any tips and ideas would be great

 

[giggsey]

When I moved my tank 10 minutes up the road, I put them in bags, in a bucket (also with the filter sponges in a bag), and then emptied the tank and moved it. A quick refill at the other end, and put the bags in the tank like normal.

 

[fluttermoth]

Syphon out as mauch water as you can into containers. Remove the plants, catch the fish and put them in the largest container with the heater and filter. The filter doesn't need to be switched on. Cover with a blanket in a safe place; the darkness keeps the stess on the fish down.

Then empty the tank, including the substrate, move the tank to it's new home, put the (washed, well you might as well seeing as it's out) substrate and plants back in, add the water and the fish from your containers, replace the heater and filter, top up with new water, switch everything back on

 

[KrystaK]

I filled half a rubber maid container (A big one) with tank water, put the fish in there and put in a filter sponge and then emptied the tank. (Of all water and decorations, I left substrate in) I put a lid on the rubber maid tank to ensure that the water didn't splash out in the move. (It was about 20 min to the new house)
Put the decorations back in, filled it a quarter full of treated water at the new house, than added the tank water and the fish and then added whatever water was needed to get it back up to normal
No lost fish, though one of my pregnant mollies did miscarry - but that's understandable I suppose.