Stu :) Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 I'm picking up a full Lake Tanganyika setup tonight (gotta love trademe) including fish. But the big water barrels/kegs/etc I was going to use to move half of the of the current water have used store waste chemicals... and yes I'm going to murder that person :evil: Any help crash starting with tap water? My only thoughts are are new tank does or Stabillity and/or TLC and the correct dose of 'Proper 8.2' Stu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 Are the filters well established? If you're pulling it down and setting it up straight away it will be just like a 100% water change, the filters are far more important than the water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsmith Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 I agree with David - if the filters are well established and you use preheated water (duh!), and slowly acclimatise the fish, I think they'll be ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 remember to keep the filters full of water Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 and even have them 'filtering' a bucket of water if they are going to be sitting around unplugged for more than an hour or so. just keeps all the bacteria breathing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supasi Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 Yeah, Like they said :lol: :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu :) Posted December 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 Cool! Thanks for that. Would be good idea to take a slab of filter wool out of my New World tank's filter and use that as well? Or is the pH/KH difference going knock it around? Stu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 you could use 1/2 the water out of your established tank add ph buffer then put in tang set up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 Cool! Thanks for that. Would be good idea to take a slab of filter wool out of my New World tank's filter and use that as well? Or is the pH/KH difference going knock it around? Stu That would be a good idea. Something like 99% of the bacteria in the tank is on surfaces anyway, transferring the water is really more of a matter of keeping PH kh etc the same to decrease stress from that than to do with the cycle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu :) Posted December 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 :evil: CRAP! :evil: Something went wrong... everyone died except one leilupi. Water looks fine (pH 8.4 - Ammonia and Nirites 0 - Nitrates 10'ish, GH/KH bang on). I can only guess it was either the stress of the move or something nasty in the filter media from my South American aquarium. Anybody know where I can get a pair each of leleupis and julidochromis's cheap? Or should I just cut my loses and go ultra odd-ball or find some archers. Stu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted December 12, 2008 Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 Damn, that sucks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant N Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 You can have some baby bricardi to help cycle new set up,(so many now ,almost disposable!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkLB Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 Sorry to hear of your losses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 Sorry to hear about your losses Sounds like you did everything you could to make it work out something random must have gone wrong, or like you say it was the stress, how long were they in transit for? Can't help with the cheap pairs but I do have jullie marlieri young for sale if you wanted some of them pm me.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu :) Posted December 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2008 Thanks for your condolences... almost gave up with Tanganyikians... but being a die hard WWI naval fan I'm sticking with it. Ryan I'll send you a PM. Stu P.S. Ten points to person who knows the relationship between World War One and a Tanganyika fish tank 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkLB Posted December 14, 2008 Report Share Posted December 14, 2008 P.S. Ten points to person who knows the relationship between World War One and a Tanganyika fish tank 8) Three cheers for Mimi and Toutou. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu :) Posted December 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2008 Well done mark. Ten Points. Personally I didn't see a problem with HMS Cat, but I can understand the Admiralty's of the time dislike for the name HMS Dog, especially when they where busy giving their ships names like Dreadnought, Colossus, Audacious etc etc. Stu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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