What do I do if i'm making a bowl with just a hollow plastic pen?

So i am trying to make a small bowl with a container but all I have to hold the weed to light is a hollow plastic pen which i hear is very bad for you to ingestIs there any way i can use it without ingesting the plastic fumes?

Whenever I have to move my tank, especially from anything higher than the first floor, I put my fish in bags like you get from your local fish storeI typically save my bags the fish come in, but you can get them from your lfs or find similar bags at any grocery store Empty out all but 2-3 inches of water from your tank so you don't dry out and kill your beneficial bacteria and try to remove any large decorations from your tankI usually remove my filter cartridge and place it in my tank water as it also has a lot of beneficial bacteria on it Make sure you get some strong men to help you move it down the stairs and into your new house! Just fill up the tank again with dechlorinated water (as close to original temperature as possible) and float your fish in like you did when you got themGood luck!

Put the fish in a 5 gallon bucket or twoCover themDrain the tank, and WITH HELP, carry it or roll it on a cart to the new roomKeep the gravel, filter media, and decorations in the tank with a little water if possible to preserve bacteriaPosition it and refill with same temperature waterYou may want to use airstones for the set upJust some tips for longer moves, don't feed the fish 36 hours before, use battery pumps, and stock buckets appropriately, and keep the fish cool.

you want to move as much water as you can, the filter materials should be treated like live animals, and kept in tank water until they go back in the filter in the new locationthe fish and anything else in the tank can be transported in buckets or tupperwares in old tank water (decorations, plants etc can go in with the fish or the filter materials, or be cleaned) get to the new house, set the tank up, fill it part way with new tap water (room temperature and treated with Amquel and Novaqua water conditioners)Then set up the filter(s) heater etcand add some hot water to get it close to the temp of the water in the bucketsMake sure it's not too cold when the fish go inpour in all the tank water you brought and eventually the fish and everything elseand start up the filter, with the wet and dirty filter materialsyou may have to do a small gravel vacuuming in a day to get some filth that will settle, and rinse the filter materials off with some dirty tank waterFeed less for a couple weeks to be sure the tank has recovered before you begin feeding normally.

I like the 5 gallon bucket ideaI'm moving soon, I have 140 gallon aquariumNo matter what there is NO way I'll be transporting enough water to make a differenceAnd all 200 lbs of substraight will be removed to even think about moving the aquariumYour biological filtration in the filters and substraight should be okay if kept dampYour movin 5 minutes awayThis project will take about 2 hoursYour biggest issue is tempitureKeeping the fish warm (if tropical)I will be purchasing many 5 gallon buckets for my gravel, fish and decoreThis is how I'll be moving everything! All fish into 5 gallon bucketsIf you have smaller fish you could use plastic bagsI'm not going to waste time with bagsI'm pulling all decore 1st to make fish catching as easy as possibleDraining 75% of my tank to fill fish buckets and making the chore of catching fish fasterAs soon as that's done move everythingNo delays, no stoping for lunch, straight to the new place and set up! I'll also be using Anti STRESS enzimes purchased at LFSWith a lot of water conditionerAsk your LFS about this stuffIt's like Prozac for fish! Good luck.

try lining it with aluminum foil?

Whenever I have to move my tank, especially from anything higher than the first floor, I put my fish in bags like you get from your local fish storeI typically save my bags the fish come in, but you can get them from your lfs or find similar bags at any grocery store Empty out all but 2-3 inches of water from your tank so you don't dry out and kill your beneficial bacteria and try to remove any large decorations from your tankI usually remove my filter cartridge and place it in my tank water as it also has a lot of beneficial bacteria on it Make sure you get some strong men to help you move it down the stairs and into your new house! Just fill up the tank again with dechlorinated water (as close to original temperature as possible) and float your fish in like you did when you got themGood luck!

Put the fish in a 5 gallon bucket or twoCover themDrain the tank, and WITH HELP, carry it or roll it on a cart to the new roomKeep the gravel, filter media, and decorations in the tank with a little water if possible to preserve bacteriaPosition it and refill with same temperature waterYou may want to use airstones for the set upJust some tips for longer moves, don't feed the fish 36 hours before, use battery pumps, and stock buckets appropriately, and keep the fish cool.

you want to move as much water as you can, the filter materials should be treated like live animals, and kept in tank water until they go back in the filter in the new locationthe fish and anything else in the tank can be transported in buckets or tupperwares in old tank water (decorations, plants etc can go in with the fish or the filter materials, or be cleaned) get to the new house, set the tank up, fill it part way with new tap water (room temperature and treated with Amquel and Novaqua water conditioners)Then set up the filter(s) heater etcand add some hot water to get it close to the temp of the water in the bucketsMake sure it's not too cold when the fish go inpour in all the tank water you brought and eventually the fish and everything elseand start up the filter, with the wet and dirty filter materialsyou may have to do a small gravel vacuuming in a day to get some filth that will settle, and rinse the filter materials off with some dirty tank waterFeed less for a couple weeks to be sure the tank has recovered before you begin feeding normally.

I like the 5 gallon bucket ideaI'm moving soon, I have 140 gallon aquariumNo matter what there is NO way I'll be transporting enough water to make a differenceAnd all 200 lbs of substraight will be removed to even think about moving the aquariumYour biological filtration in the filters and substraight should be okay if kept dampYour movin 5 minutes awayThis project will take about 2 hoursYour biggest issue is tempitureKeeping the fish warm (if tropical)I will be purchasing many 5 gallon buckets for my gravel, fish and decoreThis is how I'll be moving everything! All fish into 5 gallon bucketsIf you have smaller fish you could use plastic bagsI'm not going to waste time with bagsI'm pulling all decore 1st to make fish catching as easy as possibleDraining 75% of my tank to fill fish buckets and making the chore of catching fish fasterAs soon as that's done move everythingNo delays, no stoping for lunch, straight to the new place and set up! I'll also be using Anti STRESS enzimes purchased at LFSWith a lot of water conditionerAsk your LFS about this stuffIt's like Prozac for fish! Good luck.

try lining it with aluminum foil?