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Old 01-29-2008, 06:26 PM
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Okay im moving my tank friday night, and setting everything up saturday morning...The only time i will have to move my fish,inverts,and corals into smaller tanks is thursday...i can rig my lighting up well enough to support the corals i have a 29 gallon and a 20 gallon for fish and corals...all my live rock will be in rubbermaid totes from thursday night to saturday morning. and everything else will be in the smaller tanks with a powerheads and a small filters. Do you think this will stress everthing out to much being in holding tanks for this long after being in a 150 for so long?
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It would be like moving from a mansion to an efficiency apt. How many fish do you have?
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ten fish in their right now but they will be split up into a ten gallon, a twenty and a 29 gallon
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Default Re: Fish in smaller tanks?

As long as it is not for an extended period of time and the tanks were taken care of i dont see why not. You can take a fish from the ocean, put it is a tiny net, throw it into a plastic bag, and then put it into an airplane where it undergoes the pressure changes or atmosphere, and then land it and ship it in a truck in the same bag without feeding it to a LFS, where it probably gets little acclimation and then you buy it. I think they will be alright in tanks for a few days...lol
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When I moved my 120g I placed my fish into 18 gallon rubbermaid containers for 3 days..
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