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"Black Shuck" wrote in message
news On Fri, 07 Apr 2006 12:16:29 +0100, Mister Gardener
wrote:

On Fri, 07 Apr 2006 01:08:36 GMT, Altum
wrote:

Black Shuck wrote:
On Thu, 06 Apr 2006 23:53:14 +0100, Black Shuck
wrote:

Having some serious problems with fish deaths at the moment, and
really running out of ideas on how to stop the deaths.


Well still none the wiser as to whats gone wrong. Lost another fish in
the night, and my Pleco jumped out the temporary tank (there is no lid for
the plastic box I am using as a temporary tank).

Found the Pleco at 2AM, when I went downstairs to get a glass of water.
Thought he was dead, but spring to life when I grabbed his tail, so I put
him back home in the tank, and put a towel over the tank to stop him
jumping out again. He was still alive this morning, but dead when I got
home from work today. I can only assume it was the carpet surfing
incident that did him in.

Have emptied and cleaned the old tank with salt, filled the bottom with
aquarium sand (washed in tap water). Filled the tank with water, and added
chlorine tap water treatment. Letting the tank settle, and will move the
pump/filter and fish back tommorrow.

1 question. I only have 1 tank heater, and it's currently in my temporary
tank. I know I need to get the main tank temp matched before I move the
fish back. I was planning on using boiling water from the kettle to get
the temprature correct before I move the fish. Will this be OK?

Just make absolutely sure you don't allow the boiling water to come anywhere
near the aquarium glass as thermal shock breaks glass easy - I can't
emphasize this more as I get the gist of things that if you did get a crack
in the glass/leak that you wouldn't have a place to put your fish at the
very least for awhile and I shudder to think what would happen to them
(maybe put them in a big tupperware-like tote until you could get another
tank?), anyways - good luck and later and read up on the nitrogen cycle if
you haven't already - also - if you can afford it get an ammonia test kit,
nitrite test kit, nitrate test kit, ph test kit, general hardness test kit,
carbonate hardness test kit, and use those and post here your results. The
general consensus here (according to what I have read about your thread
already) is that your tank isn't cycled yet and the ammonia emitted by your
fish is causing ammonia/nitrite build up which kills fish. And nitrAte will
do the same after it builds up to critical levels (different fish seem to
have different thresholds with nitrAte). I guess you MIGHT have cycled your
tank already but I thought I would reiterate what others here were saying
already. Also - I WAS losing a guppy or 2 every 2 days (and there were no
sings of what killed them other than the high nitrIte readings I was getting
with my test kit) before I reduced my stock of fish in one tank and I am
sure what killed them was the previously high nitrIte levels. Good luck and
later!



Anything else I should do? Was going to put tank cycle in, once
everything is back in place, then cross my fingers, and see if my 5
remaining fish can survive the stress of all this....




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