Two Seperate Questions..

[Clbrtwewill]

I have two plants on top of my Aquarium lid - just put them there a few days ago. One of my black neons was just nibbling something and appears to be a deceased pill bug (probably from the plant). Its probably okay but I just wanted to double-check and make sure - if it's not I can probably find it and fish it out of the tank. I'm a bit iffy about there being bugs/etc in my tank because I had live blood worms in my aquarium (I found them last time I moved).

I am also moving home from college next week for Thanksgiving; the aquarium is going then. I have two smaller angel fish (so far, if they get too big I will be selling them), three black neons, three rasboras, and two gouramis now.. I realize the angel fish in there go against any kind of tank space requirements or recommendations that I've read online; they appear to be healthy and happy at this point (and are well cared for). I am concerned about moving my fish home though; would a bucket be sufficient for moving the fish in? I only had the gourami when I moved in August and he went in a tupperware; there's just a larger amount of fish now and I'm concerned. I've been reading that angel fish don't travel well. I took them from a friend that was having a hard time caring for them a month or so ago now and they've been doing fine; but a move could be kind of severe, yes? It has to happen so I'd just like it to be the least stressful it has to be.

 

[tenohfive]

First question:

Remove it. If you don't know what it is, remove it. As for the worms that were in your tank - I very much doubt they were bloodworms, I've yet to find a fish that doesn't go mad for the stuff (with the exception of algae eaters) and as such they wouldn't have survived 5 minutes in the tank if they were bloodworms.

Second question:

Moving fish is stressful and you can only at best minimise the stress. I'd use fish bags to transport them, make sure you've got a few and aren't cramming them all into one bag then put the bags in a box with a load of newspaper or similar crumpled up to support the bags in the box. Then cover the box with something. If the journeys likely to take a while see about picking up some heat packs and pad the box out with polystyrene, like people who post fish do.
And make sure the filter media goes in a bag of tank water - if you take leave it out of tank water you'll kill the nitrifying bacteria that live in there.

As for your stocking list...I'm guessing from your profile that this is a 10G tank?
If so, its not a question of if the angels get too big - its a question of when. Depending on the type of angel you need either 15 or 18 inches tall. Keep an eye on them and if you see an opportunity to rehome them, do - better they go to a friend than your LFS.
I don't keep rasbora's but I think the majority of them are shoaling fish and really prefer a group of 5-6, look up whichever type yours are to check.

 

[Clbrtwewill]

Thanks for your response!

Hi, it's a 20 gallon tall tank - I haven't updated my profile on here since the change (I read frequently but don't post much at all). The one at home is over 20 gallon and it's 15" tall (I'm not sure the exact size; the guy who I bought it from on Craigslist said it was 20.. I'll know when I fill it). It's larger for sure, though.

They went from a friend to me that was having problems with them - she put them in an uncycled, small tank and when I found out she was happy to unload them on me - I got a larger tank and have done the best I can to accommodate them to this point.

So it'd be better to put them in fish bags for awhile rather than to put them in a bucket or something of that sort? I have a 30-40 minute drive home then some added time to all of the fish to adjust to the temperature. I'll take the filter this time and none of us moving the fish will submerge it (learned this the hard way).

And I am almost positive they were blood worms - I had inquired on here about it. To the best of what I can figure they had been in the filter and escaped when it was submerged, and then burrowed into the gravel / swam about. There weren't any fish in the tank to have a nibble. I didn't know what they were at the time and replaced the gravel & fished the rest of them out because they made me nervous.

I can't find the pill bug now.