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Tropical Fish Keeping Help and Advice => Fish Tank Plant Advice => Topic started by: Paddyc on April 03, 2016, 09:52:28 PM

Title: Advice needed on moving plants (moving whole aquarium to new house)
Post by: Paddyc on April 03, 2016, 09:52:28 PM
As title, I am moving house soon and I need to remove all water, decor and plants...

A) To aid me being able to catch 20 small, extremely agile fish
B) To keep weight down.

I have a soil and gravel substrate and the plants have been in for 2 weeks. Is it simply a case of pulling the plants up and bagging? Or should I put them in a bucket of tank water?

The fish will be in a lidded bucket for their transport but I would store the plants separately, of course.
Title: Re: Advice needed on moving plants (moving whole aquarium to new house)
Post by: Matt on April 03, 2016, 10:05:01 PM
As long as the plants stay moist they should be fine, sandwich bags are probably ideal for this.
Title: Re: Advice needed on moving plants (moving whole aquarium to new house)
Post by: Richard W on April 04, 2016, 06:50:23 AM
Yes, bag the plants up, you don't want to have to carry more buckets of water than necessary. They will be fine is plastic bags.
Title: Re: Advice needed on moving plants (moving whole aquarium to new house)
Post by: Paddyc on April 04, 2016, 10:40:02 AM
Thanks guys
Title: Re: Advice needed on moving plants (moving whole aquarium to new house)
Post by: Fiona on April 04, 2016, 11:51:32 AM
When's moving day Paddy?
Title: Re: Advice needed on moving plants (moving whole aquarium to new house)
Post by: Paddyc on April 04, 2016, 02:07:33 PM
Quote from: Fiona O'Mahoney on April 04, 2016, 11:51:32 AM
When's moving day Paddy?

Saturday
Title: Re: Advice needed on moving plants (moving whole aquarium to new house)
Post by: Fiona on April 04, 2016, 07:09:15 PM
Ooooo that soon! Remember when you're sick of lugging boxes this should be the last ever move  :)
Title: Re: Advice needed on moving plants (moving whole aquarium to new house)
Post by: Paddyc on April 04, 2016, 08:08:44 PM
Quote from: Fiona O'Mahoney on April 04, 2016, 07:09:15 PM
Ooooo that soon! Remember when you're sick of lugging boxes this should be the last ever move  :)

That's the plan anyway  :cheers: