safe to switch goldfish and FW tropicals?

[Dennis Fox]

I am thinking of switching the fish in two aquariums. Have a goldfish
that needs more room and only a few tropicals (zebra danios and
pristella tetras) in a larger tank.

My question is ... would this be safe to do? Do I need to worry about
diseases being transmitted between them? Both tanks are cycled.

Any advice much appreciated,
Dennis

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move both sets of fish to buckets with airstones.
dismantle each tank putting the filter in big garbage bags to keep em moist.
clean the tanks out, then pour in peroxide and scrub with that. rinse, then set the
tanks up with the filters that were with the fish. so everything except the tank
goes with the fish. that way you wont expose the fish to the other fish diseases.
Ingrid

Dennis Fox > wrote:

>I am thinking of switching the fish in two aquariums. Have a goldfish
>that needs more room and only a few tropicals (zebra danios and
>pristella tetras) in a larger tank.
>
>My question is ... would this be safe to do? Do I need to worry about
>diseases being transmitted between them? Both tanks are cycled.
>
>Any advice much appreciated,
>Dennis



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[Dennis Fox]

Thanks for the advice.

Dennis

wrote:
> move both sets of fish to buckets with airstones.
> dismantle each tank putting the filter in big garbage bags to keep em moist.
> clean the tanks out, then pour in peroxide and scrub with that. rinse, then set the
> tanks up with the filters that were with the fish. so everything except the tank
> goes with the fish. that way you wont expose the fish to the other fish diseases.
> Ingrid
>
> Dennis Fox > wrote:
>
>
>>I am thinking of switching the fish in two aquariums. Have a goldfish
>>that needs more room and only a few tropicals (zebra danios and
>>pristella tetras) in a larger tank.
>>
>>My question is ... would this be safe to do? Do I need to worry about
>>diseases being transmitted between them? Both tanks are cycled.
>>
>>Any advice much appreciated,
>>Dennis
>
>
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 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.

[Dennis Fox]

Thanks for the advice.

Dennis

NetMax wrote:
> "Dennis Fox" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>I am thinking of switching the fish in two aquariums. Have a goldfish
>>that needs more room and only a few tropicals (zebra danios and
>>pristella tetras) in a larger tank.
>>
>>My question is ... would this be safe to do? Do I need to worry about
>>diseases being transmitted between them? Both tanks are cycled.
>>
>>Any advice much appreciated,
>>Dennis
>
>
> Safe as far as I know. There are a few diseases which certain species
> are more susceptible to, and a rare few diseases which some species can
> carry without symptoms, but for 2 established home tanks, the chances of
> problems would seem pretty slim.
>
> NetMax
>
>

[Kodiak]

Dennis,
I would go with Ingrid's advice. Last week I moved 6 minnows that were
in my 5 gal to my 20gal. I moved four 2" Comets from my 20gal to my 33gal,
and I moved my 9" comet from my 33gal to a new 90gal. Not a smart thing to
do all at once.

Nobody was happy they all behaved very erratically. I'm not sure if this is
true but a pet store
owner told me a fish can get use to high levels of nitrate over a period of
time, but if you go
from one tank to another and the difference is too high the fish goes into
shock and dies in a few days.
This is also true when PH levels are not matched.

In fact i lost a minnow and had to move them back to the 5gal.
The other fish mostly recovered but one of them is still freaked out and
goes nuts
hitting the sides of the tank every so often.

...Kodiak.

"Dennis Fox" > wrote in message
...
> Thanks for the advice.
>
> Dennis
>
> wrote:
> > move both sets of fish to buckets with airstones.
> > dismantle each tank putting the filter in big garbage bags to keep em
moist.
> > clean the tanks out, then pour in peroxide and scrub with that. rinse,
then set the
> > tanks up with the filters that were with the fish. so everything except
the tank
> > goes with the fish. that way you wont expose the fish to the other fish
diseases.
> > Ingrid
> >
> > Dennis Fox > wrote:
> >
> >
> >>I am thinking of switching the fish in two aquariums. Have a goldfish
> >>that needs more room and only a few tropicals (zebra danios and
> >>pristella tetras) in a larger tank.
> >>
> >>My question is ... would this be safe to do? Do I need to worry about
> >>diseases being transmitted between them? Both tanks are cycled.
> >>
> >>Any advice much appreciated,
> >>Dennis
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > 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.
>