Pennies in a vase

[dirty332]

ok im moving in about 2 days and was wondering if pennies that were in a vase would hyurt anything if i put my fish in it, to simpify i have a vase and there were pennies in the i took them out and washed with hot watter and then i was wondering if it woul,d hurt then fish thanx in advance

 

[Cian McLiam]

hi dirty,
i wouldnt use the vase, its too risky especially if its stained with oxydised metals, it could seriously damage the fishes nervous and immune system. I think you would be better off getting a new one.
What kind of fish and how many are you moving?

Ken

 

[MAM]

i wouldnt' risk it. get two new containers, put the mollies in one, the betta in the other. how far do you have to travel?

 

[dirty332]

I only have to travel about 30 miles this trip and imeditly i can set my tank back up but ive got 11 fry (mollies) and 1 betta and 3 adult mollies so you say just a new ones?

 

[MAM]

yep, go with something new/clean. and with covers. the move will stress them, and they may jump out. for quick trips across town like that, i've used a plastic container with tank water.
make sure you keep your gravel and filtermedia wet the whole time otherwise you'll kill off your beneficial bacteria.

 

[dirty332]

awsome thanx for all of the tips i really didnt know about if it would hurt them or not thanx for everything

 

[Cian McLiam]

As Molly said, you need to keep the filter media wet but I would go one step further. The bacteria are highly concentrated in the filter media and require moving water to keep the numbers up. To prevent massive numbers dying when I moved a few months ago, I put all the media and aquarium water into a bag and kept it constantly shaking and turning to simulate running water as much as possible. I couldnt detect any ammonia or nitrite peak after the tank was set-up again so I think it worked!

Ken