Moving tanks with clowns/nem

[lmsmith]

I have a pair of b&w clowns who are paired and look pretty close to spawning (lots of mating shaking, hosting BTA, cleaning the rock right around it). They're 18 months old, and I've had them for about 4 months. I'm going to be moving them in then next few weeks, and am trying to figure out the best way to move them.

I'll leave the nem attached to 1 rock, but not sure if I should transfer it in a bucket with the clowns (they're only going 1 minute down the road) or separate them. Then, when adding them into the tank, to I acclimitise them and put the clowns into the water right on top of the nem, or does it not matter? The tank is about 6 times the size of their current tank (and they only ever swim in 1/2 their tank now) so I'm worried if I put them in too far away, they'll never find the nem again!

Any tips?

 

[dalston]

TBH, as you are only moving them 1 minute away, it really shouldn't matter if you transport them together or not. I would acclimate them together in the same bucket. I also wouldn't worry about them 'losing' the nem, I'm sure being new to such a larger tank, it will take a couple of weeks for them to settle but ultimatley they should be fine.