Bringing my fish indoors

[KRF]

I want to bring three of my fish indoors this winter. I want to set up
a 55 gal tank, which I already have from days gone by. I wanted to fill
it 1/2 with pond water and 1/2 with fresh water. I wasgoing to take
some of the bio media out of the submurgeable filter in my pond and put
in in a media bag in my tank to kick start it. Will this work? I want
to try to minimize the cycle process. I also have some pondzyme.
Should I put that in the tank too?

[RichToyBox]

You can use the media as you say, but better yet would be to incorporate it
into your filter, or if it is sponge type media, squeeze the brown muck into
your tank for your filter to catch. If you put the pond filter matarial in
the tank, I think it would work best if you could assure some water flow
through it. The bacteria need to have the ammonia and nitrites transported
to them.
--
RichToyBox
http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html

"KRF" > wrote in message
...
> I wasgoing to take
> some of the bio media out of the submurgeable filter in my pond and put
> in in a media bag in my tank to kick start it. Will this work? I want
> to try to minimize the cycle process. I also have some pondzyme.
> Should I put that in the tank too?
>

[KRF]

I am going to use a power filter that hangs of the back of the tank,
should I put some of the bio media in the back of the filter behind the
filter pads? What about the water 50% pond water 50% new water okay?
Thanks

[Bill Stock]

"KRF" > wrote in message
...
> I am going to use a power filter that hangs of the back of the tank,
> should I put some of the bio media in the back of the filter behind the
> filter pads? What about the water 50% pond water 50% new water okay?
> Thanks
>

That's more or less what I did last year. Just make sure you dechlorinate
the tap water you add, assuming you have chlorine/chloramine in your water.
You should also check the temp and PH of your pond vs. your tank and adjust
accordingly to make the transition from pond to tank as smooth as possible.

[KRF]

Thanks fo the info. Setting up the tank is tomorrows project

[Ann in Houston]

How much room will your fish have in the tank? Or I could ask, "How big are
your fish?" Are they koi or gf, or some other type?
"KRF" > wrote in message
...
> Thanks fo the info. Setting up the tank is tomorrows project
>

[KRF]

they are goldfish. and they are about 3.5 inches long. I was going to
bring two or three of them in and put them in a 55 gallon tank.

[Ann in Houston]

"KRF" > wrote in message
...
> they are goldfish. and they are about 3.5 inches long. I was going to
> bring two or three of them in and put them in a 55 gallon tank.
>
That's good. I see people put koi in fish tanks, and I always feel bad for
them.

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you need to clean up the fish. Ingrid

(KRF) wrote:

>I want to bring three of my fish indoors this winter. I want to set up
>a 55 gal tank, which I already have from days gone by. I wanted to fill
>it 1/2 with pond water and 1/2 with fresh water. I wasgoing to take
>some of the bio media out of the submurgeable filter in my pond and put
>in in a media bag in my tank to kick start it. Will this work? I want
>to try to minimize the cycle process. I also have some pondzyme.
>Should I put that in the tank too?



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[~ jan JJsPond.us]

(KRF) wrote:

>they are goldfish. and they are about 3.5 inches long. I was going to
>bring two or three of them in and put them in a 55 gallon tank.

I did similar, but started the 1st of October and brought one fish at a
time in over 4 weeks. Worked great, no big spikes, though I used Amquel, so
no toxic ammonia and nitrite was almost nil.

I used all tap water, and let the filter run for 5 days before introducing
first fish. I made sure the pH was the same as pond, then I brought fish
in, in a tub and didn't transfer them till the end of the day so they
gradually warmed up. At the same time I brought in a bucket of pond water,
salted it (per Ingrid's advice) and just before they went into tank, they
were salt dipped 3-5 minutes. ~ jan

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be sure to drop airstone in the tub while fish are in there.... Jan didnt mention
that. Ingrid

I brought fish
>in, in a tub and didn't transfer them till the end of the day so they
>gradually warmed up. At the same time I brought in a bucket of pond water,
>salted it (per Ingrid's advice) and just before they went into tank, they
>were salt dipped 3-5 minutes. ~ jan


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[~ jan JJsPond.us]

>>I brought fish in, in a tub and didn't transfer them till the end of the day so they
>>gradually warmed up. At the same time I brought in a bucket of pond water,
>>salted it (per Ingrid's advice) and just before they went into tank, they
>>were salt dipped 3-5 minutes. ~ jan

>On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 15:56:55 GMT, wrote:

>be sure to drop airstone in the tub while fish are in there.... Jan didnt mention
>that. Ingrid

Yes, I didn't mention, but I did do it. Aerate both tub & bucket.
~ jan :o)


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problem with writing, I know you did!!!! Ingrid

~ jan JJsPond.us > wrote:
>Yes, I didn't mention, but I did do it. Aerate both tub & bucket.
> ~ jan :o)
>


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[~ jan JJsPond.us]

:o) ~ jan

>On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 15:04:48 GMT, wrote:

>problem with writing, I know you did!!!! Ingrid
>
>~ jan JJsPond.us > wrote:
>>Yes, I didn't mention, but I did do it. Aerate both tub & bucket.
>> ~ jan :o)
>>

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