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03/12/2006, 11:58 PM
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Location: Humboldt, NE
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Transporting Fish 8hrs
Where can I purchase Heating packs??
Does anyone have any experience/suggestions for moving a tank 8-10 hrs by car??? |
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03/12/2006, 11:58 PM
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I also have corals and live rock.
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03/13/2006, 12:20 AM
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Location: Santa Cruz, CA
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Rubbermaid tub with a snap-on lid and a battery-powered airstone. Plenn-Plax makes them and Petco sells them. If you mean chemical heat packs, this time of year a big discount ski shop would be the best place, I think. They go around the transport containers, NOT in them, btw!
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100 gallon reef tank, 40 gallon sump/fuge combo with RDSB 2x ASM G2 with gate valve mod TLF phos reactor w/Rowaphos, Seachem Nitrate sponge 4x55w 50/50 actinic PC Current USA 0 amm, 0 nitrite, 0 n Current Tank Info: 50 & 100 gallon reef tanks |
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03/13/2006, 12:38 AM
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Here's how a friend did it that moved from So. California to Dallas (close to it) Texas.
Placed coral in cups so that they didn't move around, doubble stacked and filled up the cooler with water.    Add a heater and air stone connected to an inverter for power, and connect that to your truck battery. Same thing for fish.   All photos courtesy of Brent H. (lozerkidz) Coolers work great for stable temps, and with the lid locked down, they are pretty water tight.
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Save the Reefs................................................................Save the world! -Ken Current Tank Info: Currently tankless, and loving it! |
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03/13/2006, 12:38 AM
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Excellent suggestions: I did this with a hand-squeezed bulb and air tubing jury-rigged for six 2-gallon tanks (big mated angelfish, a piranha, scats, and uncounted guppies) for 3 days cramped into the back seat of a Buick, stopping at night with an actual air pump, and on the road at dawn---it was weeks before my fingers recovered. Everything survived, though. Battery powered pump! What a wonderful invention!
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Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%. |
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