Moving your Fish

oh dear i have a dilema

i have recently purchased 4 smashing parot fish (one blue, one pink, one green and one orange) The orange one (bruce) was and has been very agressive towards the others... today i have found out why!! bruce is actually a female and has laid her eggs (she's doing so now as we speak!) I've cornered off part of the tank so the others cant get to her and she seams fine..
My problem is we are moving this saturday.... how do i transport her without disturbing her and her eggs?
I can put the others into bags to move them but i dont want to upset her.

please help!

Getting New tank tonight need some advice quick!!

I am getting a 75 gallon tank tonight. I don't want to have to re-cycle it and risk killing my fish. But i think one of  the filters that comes with the tank has the same size filter. So if i just put my old filter in the new tank will it be ok? I am also maving all the gravel, plants. decor in the new tank from the old.

Getting new tank but keeping the water?

I am getting a new 90 gallon tank and i was wondering how i can do this with out having to recycle it? I can't move a filled up tank and the new one is going right where the old one is. I was thinking that i could just take the water and put it in big buckets and they syphon it in the new tank. Or is there are way that i can do this with out moving all 50 gallons of water? Could i just keep some of the water and then add new will that keep me from having to cycle it because they have to go back in there the same night.

Uh-Ohs!

So after testing my levels last night, and realizing that the ammonia in the 55 was at 2, I pretty much freaked out. Maybe I was just paranoid, but my largest BP, Link, was swimming vertically next to the heater- which seemed a bit odd. I figured it must have been stress. I decided to temporarily move my cichlids into my 20 gallon cycled tank, and move the 2 goldies back in the 55. My 55 has been set up for over a month, and I thought it was cycled but apparently not.

Moving my BPs to a larger tank- advice needed =)

Hey guys!
   So I'm going to be moving my 2 BPs&pleco into my cycled 55 gallon tank this Thursday (yay!), and I was wondering about a few things.

My new babies! Jelly and Bean

I am new to this site. I appreciate all the support! I recently bought to red parrots with a 29 gal tank. Thanks to this site, i upgraded to a 55 gal tank and they seem to be really happy. I also purchased 2 convicts and 2 bubble gum cichlids (thats what the sales girl called them). Im not sure if they are bubble gum though, cause all i could find on bubble gum were parrots... Any ideas? how will these 6 fish do in a tank this size? how long till they are freakin huge?

Transfer some fish

I Have a 55 gallon tank and it looks to be a little overcrowded. I am buying a Marineland eclipse 12 gallon tank. My plan is to take out some of my less agressive fish and put them in the new tank after it has cycled. My 55 gallon has 4 small parrots (about 3 inches), 5 small tiger barbs (about 1 1/2 each), 2 large Australian Rainbowfish (about 3 1/2) inches each, 3 small goldfish, 2 small bala sharks, 2 medium red eye tetras, 2 medium skirt tetras, 1 pictus catfish which is about 4 inches and 1 pleco at about 4 inches. Which fish should be transferred into the new tank?

moving fish and well water

Hello! I just moved to a city that has well water. I have not moved my fish to this home yet. I am wondering what is the best way to transport them and has anyone had experience with keeping their fish in well water. I have not had it tested yet either. It has turned the washing machine orange and the tub next to it a rusty orange color, but the water is running there on a regular basis. I am curious if it will turn my tank orange or the filter from always having water in it. Or has anybody had experience with how fish do in well water?

New Tank

Hi! I have 2 young parrot cichlids that I am getting ready to move to a larger tank. I have had the tank cycling for 1 week and all my levels are good except my PH is a little high 7.8. The current PH in the tank they are in is at 7.2. Can I do the move or is this to drastic of a change for them?

Transport

Hi,I am upgrading tanks for my parrot cichlids, but they are bigger than my net and I haven't seen any bigger aquarium nets around.  How is the best way to pick them up long enough to carry them across the room?  I don't want to have to pick them up by my hands but I will if I must, any ideas?Thanks,Kolton

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