I Need Help Moving Fish!

[thelaw]

i have a 10 inch long jaguar cichlid and he is in a 55 gallon tank but i am moving him to a 75 gallon soon but the 75 needs to go ware the 55 gallon is so what i need to do is i need to like take the water out to move the tank but what am i going to do with my fish he cant just stay in there so pleas help this is a big problem for me thanks.

   

 

[the_lock_man]

You need to get hold of 2 large plastic containers. THey're normally easy to get hold of, most cheap houseware shops would stock them,. and you can get some pretty big sizes. Make sure it has a lid.
 
Place the container in a suitable condition. Syphon out some tank water into one container, then take the filter media out, place it in the container. Ensure there is enough tank water to keep all of the media wet.
 
Syphon out some more water, and fill the other container. If necessary, syphon out more tank water, until there is barely enough water for the fish to swim upright in. This will make it fairly easy to net the fish. Do so, and place the fish in the second container, and put the lid on.
 
Remove the rest of the tank water, along with substrate, etc., and swap the tanks over. Set up the new tank with substrate and whatever. Put the media back in the filter. Fill the tank with warm water, roughly the same as the fish is currently in, turn on the heater. Net the fish, and put him back in the new tank.
 
Job done.

 

[fluttermoth]

You need a large plastic storage box. You should be able to find one at your local DIY/home store place. Then you can put him in there while you move the tanks. Get as big a one as they have, and if you can get your heater, and possibly a small internal filter you can fill with mature media as well, he should be fine in there while you do the moving

 

[thelaw]

You need to get hold of 2 large plastic containers. THey're normally easy to get hold of, most cheap houseware shops would stock them,. and you can get some pretty big sizes. Make sure it has a lid.
 
Place the container in a suitable condition. Syphon out some tank water into one container, then take the filter media out, place it in the container. Ensure there is enough tank water to keep all of the media wet.
 
Syphon out some more water, and fill the other container. If necessary, syphon out more tank water, until there is barely enough water for the fish to swim upright in. This will make it fairly easy to net the fish. Do so, and place the fish in the second container, and put the lid on.
 
Remove the rest of the tank water, along with substrate, etc., and swap the tanks over. Set up the new tank with substrate and whatever. Put the media back in the filter. Fill the tank with warm water, roughly the same as the fish is currently in, turn on the heater. Net the fish, and put him back in the new tank.
 
Job done.

 sweet thanks man i will do that

 

[AeonMapa]

Just helped a friend of mine move his flowerhorn. Pretty much did what is described here, except we moved the fish into a 30 gallon tank I lent him, filled with water from the flowerhorns tank. We then set the filter to run on the 30 gallon. We filled up the new tank with half old water half new and in went the fish

 

[TwoTankAmin]

I would just add when it comes to finding a cheap container you can use for other things when done, think Rubbermaid.