I made some transport buckets :-)

Thanks to Fern and her dividers post, I got some creative juices going. I will be moving in January and there are a few fish I do not want to get rid of (mainly my Syn.) and because this drive would take a few days, I could not just put them in bags... So to keep them seperated so they wont gauge each other, I came up with this idea-


This is the one that will hold some fish other than Syn. in the center portion-




and this one is for Syn.-




In both boxes, the dividers are ankered with silicone. I started to use silicone to "glue" the dividers together, but that plan got replaced with small zipties carefully placed so the fish will not have contact with them. Both boxes will only be filled to half way, and the only thing I have left to do is plug the remaining holes in the handles (where the air hose is going into the box) with silicone.

thats a pretty nifty idea their!!!!!!!!
pretty smart and i hope the move goes well!!!!!

good luck on ur move and hope that works good for ya!!!!

very cool. if the move will take a while you might want to look inot solving the water temp problem.

well if u keep ur car very warm to keep the temp of the water good u can do that.

since she is going to eb driving for a few days to get to her new location i would suggest bringing the fish inside with you where ever you go and traveling with the fish in the cab of the car. good luck, they should be fine.

Wow nice DIY transport! I use this type bucket and the temp will change quickly in them. What I do is insulate them with cheap blankets from thrift stores or yard sales. Just put blankets around them to insulate. It also darkens the clear plastic so less stress

Holey Rock of Texas wrote:

since she is going to eb driving for a few days to get to her new location i would suggest bringing the fish inside with you where ever you go and traveling with the fish in the cab of the car. good luck, they should be fine.

yep, that was the plan. Since we will be in Azle for a few days they would be going inside the house (no mater how much the MiL objects... she will already hate that we will have three dogs and two cats with us, lol), and then anywhere we will be for more than a few minutes they will go inside too.

FishVixen wrote:

Wow nice DIY transport! I use this type bucket and the temp will change quickly in them. What I do is insulate them with cheap blankets from thrift stores or yard sales. Just put blankets around them to insulate. It also darkens the clear plastic so less stress

Thanks for the suggesion Vixen, I will wrap them in bankets (hadnt thought about that part yet, but knew they would be inside the vehicle with me), and the last thing I want is to stress them out more than needed. I got the idea of making the box because when I tansported the Syn. from my friends house to mine (with no dividers) one of them ended up with a gash in its side from another one.

Those are cool buckets for transportion.Good luck on the move and have a safe trip!

Be sure to have extra batteries for the pumps as some pumps use up batteries quickly.

FishVixen wrote:

Be sure to have extra batteries for the pumps as some pumps use up batteries quickly.

Will do, I will also take some regular wall plug pumps for when we take them inside too, then I would not have to worry about the batteries giving out in the middle of the night.

Fantastic idea!!!
You should get one pack of this stuff http://www.poly-bio-marine.com/polyfilter.html It will suck up the ammonia and gobbledygook and keep the water good without running a filter. Just quarter sized pieces in each bin and put new ones in every day or every other day.

Hi what a great ideal, If you are already using a battery pump you may want to consider using a seasoned sponge filter. I would also stop the feedings a few days before the move. just a thought

You also might want to reinforce the bottoms with a peice of plywood...water is heavy and sometimes those containers just cannot take the weight...

Inverters are good Idea saves you on batteries and you can use it on later road trips to watch movies/fish videos

i made some out of 5 gallon buckets and a bubble box aerator you should be fine on batteries mine last 72 hours

but it's going to be a several day trip. Inverters work great also

nice idea.

I wouldn't worry with reinforcing, just bring a jug of prime and when you have to move them is when you do your water change, drop the water to a lift-able amount and refill when you get them in.

thats a great idea, good work!!

u can always use tetramine to sedate them for the trip

um very interesting, I'm going to have to build a diy for my fish... I also transport fish around and just use a home depot bucket.

Good idea. DIY