Moving a system

[debow]

If I’m moving a system to a different house will I be okay to put the fish in a empty tank filled with salt water a piece of live rock from the system a heater and a power head for one full day. Would I have to setup my filter on the temporary tank to for the day or would it be okay

 

[fishywishy]

Should be fine depending on how many fish it is and how much rock it is.

 

[Linflas]

I have this same question. Will probably be moving from Virginia to Florida in March and part of trying to plan is how to move my fish. I am currently planning on just purchasing a larger tank for the new house down there and am wondering the best way to move the fish and live rock. It is a 13 hour or so drive down there so would they be ok in 5 gallon buckets for that length of time? In addition to fish I have some shrimp and a couple of tuxedo urchins and blue leg hermits running around in the tank as well but no coral to worry about. We will likely have a 1 month period where I can leave the tank here setup and hopefully get one setup and cycled down there so it is ready when I move them.

 

[mjszos]

Depending on the number of fish and the tank size, it should be fine. In between moves I had my fish spread between 3x 5gal buckets with just air stones and heaters for 48 hours and they were perfectly fine.

I have this same question. Will probably be moving from Virginia to Florida in March and part of trying to plan is how to move my fish. I am currently planning on just purchasing a larger tank for the new house down there and am wondering the best way to move the fish and live rock. It is a 13 hour or so drive down there so would they be ok in 5 gallon buckets for that length of time? In addition to fish I have some shrimp and a couple of tuxedo urchins and blue leg hermits running around in the tank as well but no coral to worry about. We will likely have a 1 month period where I can leave the tank here setup and hopefully get one setup and cycled down there so it is ready when I move them.

As long as you're keeping temperature right and toss an air stone in (drilled through the lid of the bucket), they should be fine. I would drip acclimate them to the new tank water as a precaution, but that may not even be super necessary depending on how hardy of fish.

 

[fishywishy]

I have this same question. Will probably be moving from Virginia to Florida in March and part of trying to plan is how to move my fish. I am currently planning on just purchasing a larger tank for the new house down there and am wondering the best way to move the fish and live rock. It is a 13 hour or so drive down there so would they be ok in 5 gallon buckets for that length of time? In addition to fish I have some shrimp and a couple of tuxedo urchins and blue leg hermits running around in the tank as well but no coral to worry about. We will likely have a 1 month period where I can leave the tank here setup and hopefully get one setup and cycled down there so it is ready when I move them.

Just put a heater and an air stone in there with some live rock and you should be fine for that long.