Moving!!! Lots of tanks to move!

[Jenste]

So the hubby and I made an offer on our first house, AND JUST GOT THE NEWS THAT IT WAS ACCEPTED

I look around...and go "****!"
a 72 gallon tank with 10 frogs / 2 Goldfish and 2 clown plecs, a 10 gallon with ACF tadpoles, another 10 gallon with the newly morphing ACFs separated from their still tadpole siblings, the axolotls in their 10 gallon summer tank infront of the A/C, the axolotls awaiting 30 gallon, a 10 gallon with an ACF with a spinal deformity named Igor who can't live with the big colony due to his specialness, a 10 gallon with the 2 Borealis ACF...

When we moved into this apartment I only had the 30 gallon with 3 ACF to move and a 10 gallon I treated as a spare.

I am NOT looking forward to moving my amphibians!

Probably going to invest in some plastic tubs to shift the frogs esp...they can only travel in the bare minimum of water to prevent them from drowning if the water shifts while they are breathing.

Anyone feel like coming to Rhode Island and helping me move?!?!?!

 

[Jennewt]

How far are you moving? And will you have any time during which you own both houses? If it's local and you can manage a situation where you own both houses for a few weeks, you can move the tanks one or two at a time and set them up immediately in the new house. That would be the best-case scenario, but life doesn't always work that way!

Another possibility to consider is asking a friend to keep the animals in simple plastic setups temporarily at their house while you move. This is what I did when I moved cross-country. After I moved, I had the animals shipped to me. The friend got to keep a few of the animals in exchange for his work.

 

[Jenste]

How far are you moving? And will you have any time during which you own both houses? If it's local and you can manage a situation where you own both houses for a few weeks, you can move the tanks one or two at a time and set them up immediately in the new house. That would be the best-case scenario, but life doesn't always work that way!

Another possibility to consider is asking a friend to keep the animals in simple plastic setups temporarily at their house while you move. This is what I did when I moved cross-country. After I moved, I had the animals shipped to me. The friend got to keep a few of the animals in exchange for his work.

We are only moving a few miles, but we rent an apartment so we will have to be out fairly quickly. My mothers house is just about 3 streets over from our new house, so I may move the critters over there in tubs while we shift tanks. (She doesn't know that yet though! )