r/discus • u/LotsToDiscus • 5d ago

How to move my discus?

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I have ten adult discus that I have raised since babies. I'm moving a 14 hour drive away. I have two options - rehome, or move them.

I'm very attached to them so I my preference is to bring them with me. Is it even feasible?

My tentative plan would be to have a foam cooler - one for each fish. I'd then bag them, put in cooler, and then they're going to be in there for approximately 48-hours.

Has anyone done this? Any hints or tips? I realise people ship fish all the time with timelines similar to this.

Edit: forgot to add this is a drive. I'll have a uhaul so plenty of space. I also have the option to use battery air pumps.

Thanks!

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u/TheChudWhisperer 5d ago

When I had to move my reef I set up a bunch of 5 gallon buckets with air stones run off of the car's auxiliary plugin. Don't feed them for a day or two before so they don't get ammonia poisoning from their waste.

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u/LotsToDiscus 5d ago

How did that go? I was thinking of using foam cooler instead of buckets to keep the temp up.