help - putting fish back

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My 40 gal coldwater tank sprang a leak this weekend. Of course the brand new
60 gal tank hasn't been set up yet. We managed to get the fish into our old
tank, using the from the leaking tank and have hopefully sealed the main
tank. It's been drying now for 56 hours so test time is this morning ! My 4
fish - a moor, a celestial and a fan tail (all over 3") and a small
pearlscale are currently in a 25L (yes 25L!!) tank so as you can see I need
to get them out of there ASAP. At the moment I've done nothing with the old
tank other than drain it. Of course it will mean adding totally fresh water
so should I leave it unwashed (been empty since Saturday) to try to preserve
the bacteria etc or should I use this as a chance to wash all the gravel and
rocks etc. What about the filter - I obviously don't want to wash the
sponges but will it be ok to use it unwashed?
Many thanks for any help

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wash the gravel. but use treated water and do it gently . the bacteria will bounce
back fast on gravel. dont feed the fish once you put them back in there until a
couple days you see no ammonia, start feeding very little at first, check for
ammonia. yes, gently wash any sponges been sitting around. again, in treated water.
Ingrid

"dotdotdot" <djhatukpcdotnet> wrote:

>My 40 gal coldwater tank sprang a leak this weekend. Of course the brand new
>60 gal tank hasn't been set up yet. We managed to get the fish into our old
>tank, using the from the leaking tank and have hopefully sealed the main
>tank. It's been drying now for 56 hours so test time is this morning ! My 4
>fish - a moor, a celestial and a fan tail (all over 3") and a small
>pearlscale are currently in a 25L (yes 25L!!) tank so as you can see I need
>to get them out of there ASAP. At the moment I've done nothing with the old
>tank other than drain it. Of course it will mean adding totally fresh water
>so should I leave it unwashed (been empty since Saturday) to try to preserve
>the bacteria etc or should I use this as a chance to wash all the gravel and
>rocks etc. What about the filter - I obviously don't want to wash the
>sponges but will it be ok to use it unwashed?
>Many thanks for any help
>



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I washed the gravel without taking it out of the tank (it hadn't dried out)
and I've refilled the tank now, left it for 24 hours to reach the same
temperature as the emergency tank and the fish are back in now. However I've
just tested the water and whilst everything else is ok (PH 6.8, Nitrite nil,
nitrate under 5ppm,) the ammonia is 50mg/L. How can that be if it's a 100%
water change??? Should I do another water change? The fish are really not
keen on all this activity and I didn't really want to disturb them again for
a week or so.

> wash the gravel. but use treated water and do it gently . the bacteria
> will bounce
> back fast on gravel. dont feed the fish once you put them back in there
> until a
> couple days you see no ammonia, start feeding very little at first, check
> for
> ammonia. yes, gently wash any sponges been sitting around. again, in
> treated water.
> Ingrid
>
> "dotdotdot" <djhatukpcdotnet> wrote:
>
>>My 40 gal coldwater tank sprang a leak this weekend. Of course the brand
>>new
>>60 gal tank hasn't been set up yet. We managed to get the fish into our
>>old
>>tank, using the from the leaking tank and have hopefully sealed the main
>>tank. It's been drying now for 56 hours so test time is this morning ! My
>>4
>>fish - a moor, a celestial and a fan tail (all over 3") and a small
>>pearlscale are currently in a 25L (yes 25L!!) tank so as you can see I
>>need
>>to get them out of there ASAP. At the moment I've done nothing with the
>>old
>>tank other than drain it. Of course it will mean adding totally fresh
>>water
>>so should I leave it unwashed (been empty since Saturday) to try to
>>preserve
>>the bacteria etc or should I use this as a chance to wash all the gravel
>>and
>>rocks etc. What about the filter - I obviously don't want to wash the
>>sponges but will it be ok to use it unwashed?
>>Many thanks for any help
>>
>
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
> http://puregold.aquaria.net/
> www.drsolo.com
> Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
> compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
> endorsements or recommendations I make.

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because there is still rotting food in the gravel. you have tested your tap water
for ammonia and nitrites? and if you use dechlor and see ammonia, might mean they
are using chloramines you will need something to bind up the ammonia. Ingrid

"dotdotdot" <djhatukpcdotnet> wrote:
>I washed the gravel without taking it out of the tank (it hadn't dried out)
>and I've refilled the tank now, left it for 24 hours to reach the same
>temperature as the emergency tank and the fish are back in now. However I've
>just tested the water and whilst everything else is ok (PH 6.8, Nitrite nil,
>nitrate under 5ppm,) the ammonia is 50mg/L. How can that be if it's a 100%
>water change??? Should I do another water change? The fish are really not
>keen on all this activity and I didn't really want to disturb them again for
>a week or so.
>
>> wash the gravel. but use treated water and do it gently . the bacteria
>> will bounce
>> back fast on gravel. dont feed the fish once you put them back in there
>> until a
>> couple days you see no ammonia, start feeding very little at first, check
>> for
>> ammonia. yes, gently wash any sponges been sitting around. again, in
>> treated water.
>> Ingrid
>>
>> "dotdotdot" <djhatukpcdotnet> wrote:
>>
>>>My 40 gal coldwater tank sprang a leak this weekend. Of course the brand
>>>new
>>>60 gal tank hasn't been set up yet. We managed to get the fish into our
>>>old
>>>tank, using the from the leaking tank and have hopefully sealed the main
>>>tank. It's been drying now for 56 hours so test time is this morning ! My
>>>4
>>>fish - a moor, a celestial and a fan tail (all over 3") and a small
>>>pearlscale are currently in a 25L (yes 25L!!) tank so as you can see I
>>>need
>>>to get them out of there ASAP. At the moment I've done nothing with the
>>>old
>>>tank other than drain it. Of course it will mean adding totally fresh
>>>water
>>>so should I leave it unwashed (been empty since Saturday) to try to
>>>preserve
>>>the bacteria etc or should I use this as a chance to wash all the gravel
>>>and
>>>rocks etc. What about the filter - I obviously don't want to wash the
>>>sponges but will it be ok to use it unwashed?
>>>Many thanks for any help
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
>> http://puregold.aquaria.net/
>> www.drsolo.com
>> Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
>> compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
>> endorsements or recommendations I make.
>



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.