Moving house need advice on what to transport my axis in.

Could some one help me. My self and my partner are moving this weekend 30 miles away from where we are living at the min and just wondering how should i transport my axis i have 4 adult axis one grown up juvi and 2 babies, i thought i could put the juvi and the babies in the fish bags but dont know what to put the adults in. I want to make it as stress free as possible for them as they will have to be in bags or what ever for a couple of hours as we need to set up there tanks in our new house and transfer nealy all there old water across, any sugestions would be gud. Also while im on this subject we want to keep nealy all the water that there in it saves on cycling the tank again do i just put the water in loads of fish bags if so ill need lots of bags as we have a 4ft,3ft and a 1ft tank is there a easer way to transport water with out spiling it all. Thanks. Lisa.

Hi Lisa,

You can use any kind of container with a tightly sealing lid to transport them. DYI shops often have unused paint buckets that you can use, or a large Tupperware box will do, etc. Just make sure it's been well rinsed first, of course.

The bacteria are mainly on the decorations, in the filter, in the sand, etc., so that you do not necessarily have to transport all of that water. You could use enough water to cover the deco, sand, filter, etc., and refill with fresh once you get to the new house.

There are several links on moving; here are a couple to get you started:
http://www.caudata.org/forum/showthread.php?t=56760&highlight=moving
http://www.caudata.org/forum/showthread.php?t=56900&highlight=moving
http://www.caudata.org/forum/showthread.php?t=54598

Have fun with the move.

-Eva

Thanks for the reply blueberlin hope they will be ok traveling 30 miles, could i put two axis in a large deep tub or will they fight how much water do i put in the tubs aswell.

lisalee2 said:

Thanks for the reply blueberlin hope they will be ok traveling 30 miles, could i put two axis in a large deep tub or will they fight how much water do i put in the tubs aswell.

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If pushed for containers, you can put them both in the one container.

Fill the container as much as you can to prevent the axies being sloshed around and ensure lid is securely fastened.

If I had to move my axolotls any sort of distance then I personnally would get a largish bucket and pop a black bin liner into it. Then syphon off enough tank water to fill the bin liner to about halfway.

The axolotls will have plenty of room and the liner helps keeps things dark, cool and hopefully reduces stress on the axolotls.
A plastic/metal bucket also gives them some protection if anything should knock against them whilst moving.