florida to nevada

vaquer0 · 01/12/2007, 01:53 PM

i'm in south florida and moving to las vegas. i have a 75 gallon with 2 clowns , 1 foxface , 1 bannerfish and flame angel . I'm driving to vegas it'll take 3 days , can i take the fish in a bucket with an air stone, I also have 3 containers that i can put 12 gallons of the tank water per bucket in each. Is this ridiuculas or will it work
Thanks in advance

rustybucket145 · 01/12/2007, 01:58 PM

would probably be better to drive there and then have somebody in fla ship them to you. That would cut their trip down to 1 day instead of 3.

AllenFord_SC · 01/12/2007, 01:58 PM

3 days to Vegas? Drive faster granny!!!! If you have a power inverter, a heater, and a powerhead you should be fine. A larger cooler would be my first choice. A new one, not a used one.

rustybucket145 · 01/12/2007, 01:58 PM

ahahaahahah, granny!! That's a good one Allen!

vaquer0 · 01/12/2007, 02:23 PM

sorry bout that . 1 1/2 days

mdisalvo55 · 01/12/2007, 02:53 PM

get a power inverter with a heater/airstone...

rustybucket145 · 01/12/2007, 03:25 PM

yup you should be good to go with heater, power head and clean container/cooler.

Randall_James · 01/12/2007, 03:38 PM

I know it sounds cold but I would just sell the fish where you are and get new ones after you are there, setup and established. Having traveled with live fish myself, it is a nightmare of headaches, too cold, too hot, too long, too .........

The stress of worry about them is just going to ruin an already long trip. As they are not that pricey to start with, you will feel better after you get there about the decision....

01/12/2007, 01:53 PM	#1
vaquer0 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 12	florida to nevada i'm in south florida and moving to las vegas. i have a 75 gallon with 2 clowns , 1 foxface , 1 bannerfish and flame angel . I'm driving to vegas it'll take 3 days , can i take the fish in a bucket with an air stone, I also have 3 containers that i can put 12 gallons of the tank water per bucket in each. Is this ridiuculas or will it work Thanks in advance

01/12/2007, 01:58 PM	#2
rustybucket145 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: valdosta, ga Posts: 3,707	would probably be better to drive there and then have somebody in fla ship them to you. That would cut their trip down to 1 day instead of 3. __________________ 400gals of various tanks in the same system. Current Tank Info: 2 175w MH, 2 VH0 Actinics, Lots of Live Rock, tons of copepods, a Fat Mandarin Goby, Niger Trigger, Yellow Tang, Falco Hawkfish, Bi-Color Pseudo, numerous soft, SPS and LPS Corals

01/12/2007, 01:58 PM	#3
AllenFord_SC Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Ridgeland, SC Posts: 703	3 days to Vegas? Drive faster granny!!!! If you have a power inverter, a heater, and a powerhead you should be fine. A larger cooler would be my first choice. A new one, not a used one. __________________ We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl..... Roger Waters, Pink Floyd Current Tank Info: 150 Gallon Mixed, 55 Gallon sump, 35 gallon fuge

01/12/2007, 01:58 PM	#4
rustybucket145 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: valdosta, ga Posts: 3,707	ahahaahahah, granny!! That's a good one Allen! __________________ 400gals of various tanks in the same system. Current Tank Info: 2 175w MH, 2 VH0 Actinics, Lots of Live Rock, tons of copepods, a Fat Mandarin Goby, Niger Trigger, Yellow Tang, Falco Hawkfish, Bi-Color Pseudo, numerous soft, SPS and LPS Corals

01/12/2007, 03:25 PM	#7
rustybucket145 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: valdosta, ga Posts: 3,707	yup you should be good to go with heater, power head and clean container/cooler. __________________ 400gals of various tanks in the same system. Current Tank Info: 2 175w MH, 2 VH0 Actinics, Lots of Live Rock, tons of copepods, a Fat Mandarin Goby, Niger Trigger, Yellow Tang, Falco Hawkfish, Bi-Color Pseudo, numerous soft, SPS and LPS Corals

01/12/2007, 02:23 PM	#5
vaquer0 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 12	sorry bout that . 1 1/2 days

01/12/2007, 02:53 PM	#6
mdisalvo55 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Columbus, Ohio Posts: 764	get a power inverter with a heater/airstone...

01/12/2007, 03:38 PM	#8
Randall_James Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 6,727	I know it sounds cold but I would just sell the fish where you are and get new ones after you are there, setup and established. Having traveled with live fish myself, it is a nightmare of headaches, too cold, too hot, too long, too ......... The stress of worry about them is just going to ruin an already long trip. As they are not that pricey to start with, you will feel better after you get there about the decision.... __________________ "It's a dog eat dog world and I feel like I am wearing milkbone underwear"