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    Powering aquarium filters during a house move

    Unfortunately, not countless companies. Our little Island does not have the sort of choice that you guys on the adjacent larger Island have! :) We are prepared to put the work in to do it ourselves, it's just that it's a little difficult.
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    Powering aquarium filters during a house move

    Thanks Conny, I wouldn't let the removal people carry my computer, let alone the fish! Out of interest, did you lose the fish during the transportation or once they got back in the tank?
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    Powering aquarium filters during a house move

    No, I've not asked, but I will do, thanks!
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    Powering aquarium filters during a house move

    An Island of 70k people, we have no specialist anything. ;) However it's an interesting thought in that we could get external power to a camper van. External power is available on the ferries for the refrigerated trucks. However to get that, you need to use the commercial rates, which are much...
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    Powering aquarium filters during a house move

    Thanks, nice lateral thinking there! The four biggest filters are £400 each, so buying duplicates is not really a cheaper option. However to "cycle" the filter media, (create that bacteria culture), it can be in any filter. It just needs the same volume of media. In fact, it could all be...
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    Powering aquarium filters during a house move

    Thank you for your help Adrian & Conny. I'm glad I asked the questions! The van would be a hire van which we would hire separately in addition to the removals van. Understood about not using the cig or aux connection. We would have the possibility of connecting to the van's battery, but...
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    Powering aquarium filters during a house move

    Trying to do it right Our house is on the market & we are making plans for the move. (Isle of Man to Scotland) We have a number of tropical fish tanks, 2 large tanks, 3 medium sized & 20 small tanks. Each tank has a filter system. Each filter holds the biological media which allows...
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