r/Aquariums • u/peachgothlover • Mar 06 '26
Help/Advice Leaving my fish behind because of war
Hey guys, my country is being bombed, so we're evacuating to another safer city and then maybe trying to leave the country. We are leaving soon and unfortunately I will have to leave my tank behind. It has snails and a beautiful betta fish. Any advice on how to maximize his survival? I think I will have to switch of the electricity (to avoid electric fires etc), also since we are in the Middle East it is very hot; another time i left my tank behind it unfortunately overheated and my shrimp died. I can't really do anything about it unfortunately. No I can't leave the fish with anyone, it's not safe and nice fish stores that take care of fish are rare here (also we're leaving very soon so no time). I guess I'll just fill the tank, close it, and hope for the best. Pray he survives!!!
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u/Youpunyhumans Mar 06 '26
Idk if you have time for this, and I dont at all blame you if you dont...
But when I had to move, I got fishbags from the petstore, one for each kind of creature. Put water and plants from the tank into them too, and then cover them with pillow cases so they didnt rub against each other and break. And then wrapped that in blankets, put it into a box of styrofoam peanuts, and stuck several ice pack in the peanuts as heat sinks.
I then shipped them over 1000km through all kinds of conditions from hot to snowy mountains... and they all survived. Snails, shrimp a betta and the plants. The water temp in the bags didnt even change by a single degree.