Aquarium move questions

[Dan J.S.]

I paid a professional aquarist to move my 120 gallon fish tank. He did a
great job, and offered, for free to convert the intake and outtake on my
eheim filters by drilling and putting in threaded bulkheads in the back of
the tank. The tank looks great, no more green hoses inside of it, however,
the output is way below the water line, and the movement of water is
minimal. Will this cause problems?

Also, I noticed the filter is not pumping as much water as it probably
should (I can see the little white ball about half way on the indicator bar)
on the 2028 filter (I have two 2028 filters on it), he put an elbow that's
90 degrees. I wonder if this is slowing the flow?

Finally, there is a huge ammonia spike going on, this is probably because it
was a long move. Most of the fish are swimming on top trying to breathe. I
was told to use amquel plus to minimize the ammonia level. Does anyone have
any comments on these things?

Thanks!

Dan

[Iain Miller]

>
> Finally, there is a huge ammonia spike going on, this is probably because
it
> was a long move. Most of the fish are swimming on top trying to breathe. I
> was told to use amquel plus to minimize the ammonia level. Does anyone
have
> any comments on these things?
>

Yep - change a load of water sharpish ! The ammonia will burn your fishes
gills irreparably.

I.

[NetMax]

"Dan J.S." > wrote in message
...
> I paid a professional aquarist to move my 120 gallon fish tank. He did
a
> great job, and offered, for free to convert the intake and outtake on
my
> eheim filters by drilling and putting in threaded bulkheads in the back
of
> the tank. The tank looks great, no more green hoses inside of it,
however,
> the output is way below the water line, and the movement of water is
> minimal. Will this cause problems?

Not necessarily problems, but it will change the filtering
characteristics slightly. Depending on your setup, you might notice more
of the protein surface skim develop. Many fish eat this, so it depends
on your setup.

> Also, I noticed the filter is not pumping as much water as it probably
> should (I can see the little white ball about half way on the indicator
bar)
> on the 2028 filter (I have two 2028 filters on it), he put an elbow
that's
> 90 degrees. I wonder if this is slowing the flow?

There is no doubt that a 90degree elbow has a drag on flow, but canisters
can normally work with up to 4 elbows in their flow. I'd check for other
restrictions first. FYI : (if it comes to it) there are elbows which
have a longer radius, and/or are wider at the bend, so they are less
restrictive.

> Finally, there is a huge ammonia spike going on, this is probably
because it
> was a long move. Most of the fish are swimming on top trying to
breathe. I
> was told to use amquel plus to minimize the ammonia level. Does anyone
have
> any comments on these things?

Agressive water changes are what I usually do. During the spike, you can
be doing changes twice a day. Feed less food while all this is going on.
--
www.NetMax.tk

> Thanks!
>
> Dan
>
>
>

[Dan J.S.]

"NetMax" > wrote in message
...
> "Dan J.S." > wrote in message
> ...
> > I paid a professional aquarist to move my 120 gallon fish tank. He did
> a
> > great job, and offered, for free to convert the intake and outtake on
> my
> > eheim filters by drilling and putting in threaded bulkheads in the back
> of
> > the tank. The tank looks great, no more green hoses inside of it,
> however,
> > the output is way below the water line, and the movement of water is
> > minimal. Will this cause problems?
>
> Not necessarily problems, but it will change the filtering
> characteristics slightly. Depending on your setup, you might notice more
> of the protein surface skim develop. Many fish eat this, so it depends
> on your setup.
>
> > Also, I noticed the filter is not pumping as much water as it probably
> > should (I can see the little white ball about half way on the indicator
> bar)
> > on the 2028 filter (I have two 2028 filters on it), he put an elbow
> that's
> > 90 degrees. I wonder if this is slowing the flow?
>
> There is no doubt that a 90degree elbow has a drag on flow, but canisters
> can normally work with up to 4 elbows in their flow. I'd check for other
> restrictions first. FYI : (if it comes to it) there are elbows which
> have a longer radius, and/or are wider at the bend, so they are less
> restrictive.
>
> > Finally, there is a huge ammonia spike going on, this is probably
> because it
> > was a long move. Most of the fish are swimming on top trying to
> breathe. I
> > was told to use amquel plus to minimize the ammonia level. Does anyone
> have
> > any comments on these things?
>
> Agressive water changes are what I usually do. During the spike, you can
> be doing changes twice a day. Feed less food while all this is going on.
> --
> www.NetMax.tk


Thanks guys for answering my questions... I am losing some fish, mostly
cichlids, changed the water, but I may be a bit late. Really sucks. I guess
moving tanks is not as easy as it may seem.