Re: [APD] Moving

["Andrew McLeod" <thefish at theabyssalplain_freeserve.co.uk>]

On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 08:07:56 -0700 (PDT), Erin Poythress  
<anang3 at yahoo_com> wrote:

> Hey everyone,
>
> This is a pretty timely thread for me, as I'm moving
> in just over two weeks myself. My two tanks are a 12
> and a 20 gal, so I won't have tank breakage to worry
> about quite as much with a 90 gal, but I'm moving
> about 6 hours away. I was thinking I'd use 5-gal
> buckets for water, do the wet newspaper thing for many
> of the plants, and bag the fish in large fish store
> bags with saturated oxygen. It'll have to be a day
> move, but I'm hoping it'll be okay. My only concern is
> that the 20 is full of shelldwellers, so the pH is a
> bit higher in there (about 8) than the other tank. Any
> suggestions as to how I can minimize ammonia issues or
> improve my plan? I solicit any and all suggestions.
>
> Thanks!
> Erin

Add a 5x dose of Seachem Prime. That stuff is fantastic, you almost don't  
need to cycle sometimes (not that I'd recommend it though), but for  
something where pre-cycled filtration is impossible or tricky like during  
a move or a quarantine tank, I reckon (based on my experience with an only  
slightly cycled filter, showing elevated ammonia levels after fish  
addition) at high stocking levels that should keep fish going for at least  
a few days, if not a week or more (at least with a filter, even if  
uncycled, as cycling will occur rapidly without the ammonia or nitrite  
toxicity to hinder it).

--
Andrew McLeod
thefish at theabyssalplain_freeserve.co.uk

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