Subj : Dead Fish
To : mark lewis
From : Roger Shays
Date : Thu Jun 21 2012 05:09 pm
Re: Dead Fish
By: mark lewis to Roger Shays on Thu Jun 21 2012 03:42 pm
> "Roger Shays -> mark lewis" <1:322/759> wrote in
> news:2896$fido.aquarium@JamNNTPd:
> ml>> 1. did you change some of the water or all of it?
> RS> All of the water was changed and the rocks and tank were cleaned with
> RS> cool water then refilled tank , let sit 24 hours with running throug
> RS> the new filters and then brought the ph to 7.0 the only survivor so
> RS> far is a little pleko about 1 and a half inches long
> so there was absolutely no biological base... hummm... there's more than jus
> water pH and tempurature...
> assuming you brought the new fish in all at once in bags, did you acclimitiz
> them to the tank water before actually placing them in the tank? you do this
> by opening the bag and removing some of its water which you replace with som
> from the tank... about 1/3rd to 1/2 cup at a time... you do this with 30
> minutes waits between additions...
> the above does two things... it gradually exposes the fish to the tank water
> while also allowing them to get used to the tempurature...
> it sounds like it was an extremely "sterile" environment and that may have
> shocked them... but i've seen ones handled as i describe die and i've seen
> them infect an entire tank, too... i handle this by placing new fish in a
> nursery tank for a week or so before placing them in my main tank(s)...
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All the fish were placed in the tank at the same time , I had placed the bag in
the water for about 40 minutes before releasing them , the only survivor was
the baby pleco who adapted to the tank rather well , Im gonna try buying a bit
larger tropical fish and see what happens now , now that the tank has been up
and running for a week the water should be pretty good now
wishing myself luck in hopes these ones survive this timne
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