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["Fbethea" <francinebethea@excite.com>]

Hi everyone,

I would like to thank all of you who assisted me with suggestions on how to
expedite the move of all my tanks.  The move is complete and the tanks are
all up and running.  

This may be a bit long-winded, but only my fishy friends can relate.  My
other friends think I'm crazy to have so many tanks of fish. While lugging
equipment and tanks, I questioned my sanity as well.

The worse part of the whole ordeal was carrying half the water of each tank.
Those six gallon filtered water bottles are heavy and have a tendancy to
roll away when you hit a bump with the dolly.  

Another thing that I dreaded was ripping out my beautifully planted tanks.
The tanks were gorgeous and know I have bags and bags of plants to replant.

In the thirty gallon tank there is a slate background that I made.  The
slate is siliconed to a 1/8 sheet of plexy.  This backround has lots of
knooks and crannies that the cacatuoide fry used to hide from me. I took the
backgound out and put it on the floor.  Four of the fry started flipping out
of the background.  I had already sealed the bag and all I had left was a
ziplock freezer bag.  That's where I put them.
 
I moved all 18 tanks, fish,fishwater, gravel, lights, and stands down a
flight of steps, down the long driveway on a dolly to the car. I then loaded
the car and drove for 35 minutes just to reverse the process. I did this
everyday for a week after work.   BY MYSELF.  There were times that I could
barely get out of the car.  

After the car was unloaded, the setting up of each tank was done right away.
However, as the week went by, the setting up of a tank was done for the fish
brought in the previous night.  Meaning that the fish stayed in the bags for
at least 24 hours.

Last night I set up the last of the tanks and was dissapointed to find that
my female pelvicachromis T. dehane had died.  She was the only fish I lost
in the whole ordeal.  Everyone seems happy and healthy.  God I love dwarf
chiclids!

Things that I have learned:
Keep fish in alkaline water until ready to breed.
Give away and sell as many fish as possible before the move.
Never move into any dwelling that has more than two steps.


Francine in MD
Fish - photography - genealogy




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