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Well the move is coming soon. I broke down my 150gallon and sold all of my fishes. Man did I get robbed, but I had to find them a good home regardless.

But the only one to stay is my zebra pleco, hes going with me. So now hes got his own 10g tank to play in

Fish tanks are an expensive addiction

Hi,
I'm facing a similar problem late next year. The State
of Colorado has decided to enlarge the freeway interchange
that we live beside and our home is going to be bulldozed
for a widened access ramp. While the construction is going
on, we will be housed in an extended stay hotel but all of
our "stuff" will have to be stored. That means that I'll
have to tear down the tank, dry out the substrate, and get
rid of the fish and plants.

http://www.dot.state.co.us/us6Wadsworth/NoiseAssessment/10-Tight%20Diamond%20with%20Loop_June08.pdf

We live on the NW corner of the interchange and if you
magnify the drawing our office/apartment is the building
on a slant, right smack dab in the middle of the long
access ramp. Bummer!

Have a good trip and good luck during your move!
Frank


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Ooh, good luck. How far of a move is it?

I'm going to be going to Alabama from Delaware in a few months and I'm still deciding whether I'm going to bring my fishes or unload them on my parents temporarily...

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Thats a decent move. But for me its like 600 miles. I'm already missin my fishes. but at least I got my zebra pleco still

Fish tanks are an expensive addiction

I just last week broke down my 125 and moved the fish 1100 miles from GA to IA. They had heat and air pumps but I still lost the clown loaches and the skunk loach. During the tank break down the sun pleco dropped dead. It was like a heart attack

The moves can be extremely stressful. Plan carefully everyone

My guys are in a smaller tank until we can find a house to buy. Still all freaked out a week later...

Empty chairs at empty tables, the room silent, forlorn.

thats why I left all the smaller hiding spots in my tank, so I wouldnt lose my zebra pleco.

But yes I am really missing my clowns right now. But I'm starting to slowly move on and trying to figure out what to do next. I'm thinking maybe 2 oscars or other large fish

Fish tanks are an expensive addiction

Ah koi that's really sad to hear !



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When you crazy guys in the USA move a thousand miles, do you usually fly or drive? if you drive, how long does it take?

I drove and it took 28 actual hours of driving according to the GPS and it took about an additional 5 hours with the stops, sleeping, etc. Once here I had to unpack fish stuff and wait for a tank to get setup, stabilized, the water to heat up etc which took another 4-5 hours. You're exhausted from driving but you can't let the fish sit. Transport is so much longer driving and harder than it would be say if the fish were sent next day air. It is water constantly sloshing back and forth for 28 hours. It would have taken so long but I was towing 20,000 pounds of household goods so had to go 55-65 mph most of the way and slower through the mountain passes in Chattanooga. It was midway when I lost the first fish in transit, and the rest expired when I tried to acclimate them to the new environment here. It was too hard to go through all of that and then to have to acclimate to another tank on top of it.

Empty chairs at empty tables, the room silent, forlorn.

my drive is over 500 miles and in the moving truck is going to be about 9 hours. I used to drive it in my pickup and do it in 8 hours. but I'm not going that fast in a moving van with everything I own in it.

But then I gotta somehow get back to get my truck to drive it to my new home

Fish tanks are an expensive addiction