Hurry! What do I do when my fish tank is leaking?

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I have a ten gallon fish tank with 6 tropical fish. The tank is leaking from underneath and I just used a vacuum to transfer about 3.5 gallons into a regular 5 gallon bucket (like the white ones for Sheetrock or whatever). after this I put the air pump in the bucket and transfered my fish to the bucket. All of the fish are in the bucket now and are doing fine. Obviously i'm going to have to empty the rest of the tank and see where the hole is. My question is... what do I do with the fish? Are they ok in just a plain plastic bucket? The water is fine because it's the same water from the tank but how do I keep it heated or do I wait off on the heater? Do I put the rocks in the bucket and should I keep a light on or feed them the same... etc. Please help me. Easy ten points for the best/quickest answer.
 
You want the rocks to stay moist, to keep the beneficial bacteria alive, but try another bucket, they're going to have debris that will raise ammonia levels.
What kind of thermometer do you have? You can keep the heater low and monitor the thermometer. But if you don't have one, it;s probably best not to risk boiling them. They have air, but they need o get into a working tank as soon as possible.
A ten gallon tank shouldn't be to pricey, it may be best just to grab a new one and pop all the established tanks thing in there. The aquarium sealent you'll have to use needs to sit in an entirely dry tank for about 24 hours. I don't know how long the fish will survive in the little bucket with no heat and the ammonea build up.
Best of Luck!
 
They will be fine in the bucket with no rocks so long as you put the heater and the air pump in there...
 
They will be fine in the bucket with no rocks so long as you put the heater and the air pump in there...
 
you can kept the fish in the bucket for a few days but not much longer they will be okay for a couple days with a filter , heater , and light you don't need to but rocks in the bottom they a just to make the tank look better just try to kept every thing the same for the fish the filter light food every thing
 
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