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Winter Break was like 2 weeks last year. I think it might be 3? this year. Any ways at my house which is about a 10 minute drive away from college, the following fish tanks are located there:

*empty 10 gallon tank with tank hood and standard tank light
*20X gallon tank with powerful light and other small fish (black neons, celebese rainbows, skunk loaches, clown pleco, marble hatchets, etc), snails and ammano shrimp. This tank is NOT mine, it is my brother's tank.
*90 gallon tank with large fish (green severums, blue gourami, common plecos, etc.)

Currently at college I have a 20H gallon tank with powerful light, and I can't keep things plugged in during winter break. So obviously can't keep the fish and plants at college during winter break. So should I do any of the following?

A. Bring 20H gallon tank home (ah, very big pain/hassal)
B. Put the fish and plants in the 90 gallon tank
C. Put the fish and plants in the 10 gallon tank
D. Put the fish and plants in the 20X gallon tank
E. Combination of B. & C.
F. Combination of B & D.
G. Combination of C & D

Edit: O sorry, forgot to list the fish that I have in the 20H gallon tank.

*King Tiger Pleco
*Chocolate Zebra Pleco? It's a bit smaller than the King Tiger
*4 Clown Loaches (final home will be 90 gallon, they are fine in 20 for now)
*2 Neon Rainbows (down from 9...all deaths occured at college, only fish that have been dieing on me)
*3 Siamese Alage Eaters
*2 very small Roseline sharks
*1 Gold Snail (down from 3, other 2 eaten by Clown Loaches)
*2 Panda Cories (down from 5, the other 3 died a LONG time ago)

i would say put some of them in the 20g and some f them in the 10g. as long as the 10g is cycled properly... but that will be a lot of bio load and will change the water parameters quickly. just be careful. if you want the 10g to be ready to have fish ask your parents to add a couple little fish to it before you come home (like at least a week) and then you can add your fish. to save more stress on the clown loaches i would just put them inthe 90g and leave them there. they are a delicate fish that cant take too much moving... be sure to leave your 20 running while you are gone(except for the light) and if the light was the only problem and there could be some one to feed your fish just buy a timer... but i am not exactly sure of your situation and if it is only a 10 minute drive why not just leave them and trek back every few days to feed them and check up on them??? then you dont have to hassle with a move... so my recommendatin is not move the fish (except maybe the clowns to their final home) and buy a light timer (you can find them at any store... (specially now with the christmas lights stuff).. set the light to be on for 8 hours and then just come back every few days to check up on them.

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I'm not exactly sure about the rules this year regarding electricity and staying on campus. Last year as a freshmen living in a freshmen dorm, I had to go home for winter break, so couldn't stay on campus and ALL things had to be unplugged. So if I left the 20H at college, the bacteria would probably die, or some would, there is always some in the air. So then after winter break (assuming I have to go home) I would plug everything back in for the tank, and then after a cycle then add the fish again.

To me, it sounds like the best plan would be to bring all your fish home and the filter. Hook your filter up to your 10 gallon tank so that you can bring your bacteria; this way you won't really have to worry about the 10 gallon being cycled. Then divide the fish up between the 10 gallon and the 20 gallon. You're only 10 minutes away so conceivably you won't have a problem with fish death. By bringing your filter along you can keep the bacteria going and not have to re-cycle.

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keep your filter wet though on your way home!!! maybe put yor fish in a rubber maid container with the filter while yo are driving... find out the rules first!!! why waste that much time and effort (an potential fish lives ) if you dont have to move it!

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Ok, I can't keep electricity stuff plugged in, and have to go home I found out.

So if I take the HOB filter and put that on the 10 gallon tank, there would be enough bacteria to eat the nitrite then? There isn't any gravel in the 10 gallon. Does it require gravel for this time period (2-3 weeks) or no?

The plants I have in the 20 gallon tank are high light plants. I could take the light and put that on the 90 gallon in addition to the standard light on there, and just keep the plants under the area covered by the high power light. Because they all won't fit in the 10 gallon tank. Or I could put some in the 10, and some in the 20X tank. The 20X tank also has a high power light.

I'm not 100% sure, but I think my light for the 20 gallon has 2 light bulbs each with seperate turn on/off switches. I think each bulb is 65 watts? I usually only turn on 1 bulb, and only 2 when showing off the tank to friends. However it might be too much light with just 1 bulb on in the 10 gallon tank.

you should be fine with just the one bulb, but if you are really worried just put a desk lamp next to it and dont put the plants int there...

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Gah, unfortunately ich broke out in the 90 gallon tank. I'm going to treat it. So hopefully by the week of December 17th it would be gone (sure it will be gone well before then).

Ok I might I will try putting these in the 90 gallon tank:
4 Clown Loaches
1 King Tiger pleco
Most of the plants

And in the 20X tank:
2 Neon Rainbows
2 panda cories
1 Roseline shark

And in 10 gallon tank with
few plants, or only 1. It would be the anubis plant
HOB filter from 20H tank
3 Siamese Alage Eaters
1 Chocolate Zebra Pleco
1 Roseline shark

Or where do you think I should put the fish instead?

I'd be willing to put 1 Roseline Shark, the 2 Neon Rainbows in the 90 gallon, but not both Roseline sharks since both of them are very small at the moment and there is an Apollo Shark in the 90 gallon. I'd be worried about them getting eaten.