R.Davis

Thanks for the welcome, I'm sure this Forums will come in handy and I hope one day I too can be of some help to someone. At this time though, I'm a beginner with salt water aquariums set up and fish etc. I have always wanted to have one sone now at the age of 57, I'm going to be giving it my best shot. I will be purchasing a 180 gal already set up saltwater aquarium complete. So now my worry is to go from my home in N. VA to SC to help take down and load everything in my enclose 7x12 trailer except for the fish, I will be putting them in a 45 gal tub with water from the 180 gal aquarium in the rear of my 2007 Tahoe to bring back home safely I hope. Thanks again for the welcome. Bob

I will be attempting to bring home 12 different kinds of Saltwater fish along with 3 shrimp, 1 sand sifting starfish, 1 boxer crab, 1 crocea clam and 1 brittle sea star. I was going to put them all in a 45 gal container with water from the 180 gal aquarium. I will be using a battery air stone and doing a 5 gal water change at least 2-3 times on the way home. I have a 7.5 to 8 hr drive and then at least a 2 hr setup time and home before putting the fish and all back into the same water that came from the aquarium. With this said, do you still feel putting all the fish etc in plastic bags would be a better way? Thanks for your help. Bob

Hey guys, My name is Bob. I am currently about to head down to South Carolina to pick up a 180 gallon tank thats already been established with fish, live rock, live sand, ect. I will be using a air stone to keep air in the buckets (45 gallon buckets) To make sure the fish have air. I've been told that I should also switch 5 gallons of water every few hours to make sure that the fish are ok and have proper air. Has anyone transported fish for more then 5 hours? If so how did you do it? I dont want to risk killing the fish so any info would be great appreciated. Thanks for any help! My plans currently are to take my motor cycle trailor down to sc and load the tank in that. From there I have a few 45 gallon buckets I can use to transport water and fish and live rock and sand. I also like I said will be using a air stone for more air. Is there anything im missing? thanks Bob.