I will be moving in a few weeks and need some extra pointers on how to move all three of my tanks with minimum stress to my fish. I've done some research and found that I need to keep as much of the water as I can.  But as for the fish should I transport them in the dark or would a regular open bucket do? Any advice would be help full. 

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the most important thing is your : biological media

 

make sure you keep this in a bucket of tank water and keep an air stone on it until you move that day and once u get there oxygen it back up. Keep 1-2 fish in there also.

 

As for the tank water....drain it down and fill up with new water in the  tank when u get there then run the biological media ASAP and move fish in after a few hour.

 

Keep all fish in bucket of tank water and air stone if possible.

ohhh ok so i dont really need to keep any of the water, ill be moving a 75 gallon tank from the living room to the family room

where u going put all the water? in your car?  LOL

well igot some plastic containers ruber maid, and im just moving the tank from the living room to another room in the house

lol...i thought we talking about the same thing..LOL

 

if thats the case...def keep all the water and put it back once u move the tank to your room.

Well I have a 3 gallon bucket and a 18-20ish gallon container. And I have been googleing and found out that most of the bacteria is on the decors in the tank and not in the actual water.  So I guess  just trying to keep alot of the water as too not shock my fish. 
Thanx for the help

I moved my 125 gallon a few months ago. What I did was get some sterilite storage bins and fill them about half way with my water from the tank. I then put my fish in them for transport. I wan't really able to keep any water in the tank as it was too heavy. But I used 3 different sterilite bins and was able to keep around 50 or 60 gallons which is pretty good. This whole plan will work if you are just moving a short distance. I wouldn't try to keep your fish in the bins for more then a couple hours. I did all the tear down and set up in the same day so my filters were not affected. Hope this helps.

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