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Without going into all the unfortunate details of what caused my tank to basically break and leak all over the place, I'm just going to say that I probably have a problem with my fish and a few deaths could be in order soon.
I purchased a new tank yesterday. Also bought some gravel and two new powerheads because the one I had in the old tank was on it's last leg anyway.
Took the fish out of the old tank, put them in a five gallon bucket and dropped the air stone in so they could sit tight while I emptied the old tank.
Fish I have: 2 angels, couple mollies, four other little fish where I forget what breed they are and a couple pleccos - one old tapped out one and the other relatively new.
Took the remaining stuff out of the old tank - rocks, gravel, undergravel filter and all that good stuff - drained the water and poured it out into the sink. Probably my first error; getting rid of the old water.
Got all the gravel together from the old tank and mixed it in with the new gravel. Tried to keep all the bio-muck together, but that was next to impossible, most likely due to a very limited knowledge on proper aquarium care. Should have signed on here first - THEN did this whole procedure.
Put everything in the new tank - undergravel filter, old and new gravel mixture, powerheads, filled the tank up with water and let everything settle for about two hours. Powered on the top filter, Chemipure loaded, and waited another hour. Added recommended amounts of aquarium salt and stress ease.
Checked PH and Ammonia readings and they were both at the best possible levels, which I had never seen with the old tank. Sometimes both were in acceptable ranges, but never simultaneously at their best possible points.
Waited another hour to let everything filtrate through the top filter.
Since everything looked good now, I decided - probably foolishly now as I write this - to dump all the fish into the tank. Needless to say, they went absolutely bonkers. All of them swam up and down, this way, that way and every which way. Meanwhile, the old tapped out plecco dropped to the bottom like a brick. Never saw him do that before. After a couple of hours, he went to hide behind a rock and he's barely moved since then.
The remaining fish do seem calmer compared to the first few hours after i dropped them into the new tank...but, they're still pretty flaky. Readings on PH and NH3 are still good though.
But, I anticipate some trouble here. What do you think I should expect? A few deaths this week? Or, is everything fine and typical of a tank transfer?
Hopefully I provided as much clarity to my situation so you good folks know what you're looking at.
Thank you in advance. Now, I'm going to tool around some more on the forum and see if there's a similar situation somebody else had to contend with and check the responses to those.
*old dude
I purchased a new tank yesterday. Also bought some gravel and two new powerheads because the one I had in the old tank was on it's last leg anyway.
Took the fish out of the old tank, put them in a five gallon bucket and dropped the air stone in so they could sit tight while I emptied the old tank.
Fish I have: 2 angels, couple mollies, four other little fish where I forget what breed they are and a couple pleccos - one old tapped out one and the other relatively new.
Took the remaining stuff out of the old tank - rocks, gravel, undergravel filter and all that good stuff - drained the water and poured it out into the sink. Probably my first error; getting rid of the old water.
Got all the gravel together from the old tank and mixed it in with the new gravel. Tried to keep all the bio-muck together, but that was next to impossible, most likely due to a very limited knowledge on proper aquarium care. Should have signed on here first - THEN did this whole procedure.
Put everything in the new tank - undergravel filter, old and new gravel mixture, powerheads, filled the tank up with water and let everything settle for about two hours. Powered on the top filter, Chemipure loaded, and waited another hour. Added recommended amounts of aquarium salt and stress ease.
Checked PH and Ammonia readings and they were both at the best possible levels, which I had never seen with the old tank. Sometimes both were in acceptable ranges, but never simultaneously at their best possible points.
Waited another hour to let everything filtrate through the top filter.
Since everything looked good now, I decided - probably foolishly now as I write this - to dump all the fish into the tank. Needless to say, they went absolutely bonkers. All of them swam up and down, this way, that way and every which way. Meanwhile, the old tapped out plecco dropped to the bottom like a brick. Never saw him do that before. After a couple of hours, he went to hide behind a rock and he's barely moved since then.
The remaining fish do seem calmer compared to the first few hours after i dropped them into the new tank...but, they're still pretty flaky. Readings on PH and NH3 are still good though.
But, I anticipate some trouble here. What do you think I should expect? A few deaths this week? Or, is everything fine and typical of a tank transfer?
Hopefully I provided as much clarity to my situation so you good folks know what you're looking at.
Thank you in advance. Now, I'm going to tool around some more on the forum and see if there's a similar situation somebody else had to contend with and check the responses to those.
*old dude