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Hi,
our house will get tented for termites and I'm looking for some advice/experience on how to best handle this with my fish. We've been told everything needs to be out of the house by 10am one day and can go back inside after 6pm the next, so we're looking at 1.5 days. Obviously, I'd like to make it the least stressful for the fish, if that's even possible.
The fish will move into smaller tanks off-site. I've been thinking to move them the afternoon/evening before so they can just sleep off the stress, and move back the following day we're allowed back in, because by 6pm it's already lights out, usually. It's still being caught and handled and moved twice within just a mere few days.
How can I support them through this?
Will my fish be ok in the significantly smaller tank (I'm looking at 10 and 20 gallons) for 2 days? I only have two fish, so it's gonna be 1 fish each (one lawnmower blenny, one humu triggerfish).
As for the tank itself, I'd rather not have to go through the effort of having to move the entire thing. So I was thinking, does anyone know whether it would be possible to take out about half the water (to keep enough oxygen inside), and just seal it off with plastic bags real good? I guess my questions are:
Will my good bacteria/liverock die if there is no water movement for 2 days? I would use the filters in the smaller tanks with the fish.
Will the toxin be able to get through the silicone seal? I won't be able to lift the tank to bag it completely.
Anything I could do to potentially detoxify the water that remained in the aquarium, just in case?
Anything else I should consider/be aware of?
Thank you very much.
our house will get tented for termites and I'm looking for some advice/experience on how to best handle this with my fish. We've been told everything needs to be out of the house by 10am one day and can go back inside after 6pm the next, so we're looking at 1.5 days. Obviously, I'd like to make it the least stressful for the fish, if that's even possible.
The fish will move into smaller tanks off-site. I've been thinking to move them the afternoon/evening before so they can just sleep off the stress, and move back the following day we're allowed back in, because by 6pm it's already lights out, usually. It's still being caught and handled and moved twice within just a mere few days.
How can I support them through this?
Will my fish be ok in the significantly smaller tank (I'm looking at 10 and 20 gallons) for 2 days? I only have two fish, so it's gonna be 1 fish each (one lawnmower blenny, one humu triggerfish).
As for the tank itself, I'd rather not have to go through the effort of having to move the entire thing. So I was thinking, does anyone know whether it would be possible to take out about half the water (to keep enough oxygen inside), and just seal it off with plastic bags real good? I guess my questions are:
Will my good bacteria/liverock die if there is no water movement for 2 days? I would use the filters in the smaller tanks with the fish.
Will the toxin be able to get through the silicone seal? I won't be able to lift the tank to bag it completely.
Anything I could do to potentially detoxify the water that remained in the aquarium, just in case?
Anything else I should consider/be aware of?
Thank you very much.