Billaney Posted June 20, 2005 Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 Hope someone can help. About 2 weeks ago i bought two young discus , brought them home and put them in a bare bottom quarentine tank and all has been fine, eating well happy and active ( for discus). Well tonight i decised it was time to move them to the new bigger nicer home, i'd set up on Saturaday , the temp was stable at 30.4 within 0.2 of there Q tank, Ph was the same in both tanks so i thought all would go smoothly BOY WAS I WRONG ! i moved them over when i got home from work and within 30 seconds the larger of the two was laying on its side like it was dieing and the other was gasping at the serface . I quickly put them back in the Q-tank and they are now picking up nicely and are almost back to nornal. I just don't know why ?? The new tank had some preused gravel that had been thoughly washed a few plants and a pot large enough for them to both in in if they wanted , nothing special. What could cause such a dramatic reaction ? what can i do now ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billaney Posted June 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 No one any ideas ? Sould i try to add them again now the tank has sat for a few more days ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wok Posted June 21, 2005 Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 I think the temp is a bit high at 30.4 degrees C. I only have mine at 28 degrees C. Silly question here.... was the tank cycled properly or are you putting them in an existing community tank? another thing you could do is to take out some of the water from the tank they are now and mix it with the water in the new tank... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted June 21, 2005 Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 It sounds to me like some kind of toxic shock. Was there anything you used to clean the new tank that could be poisoning them? Is it possible that there was chlorine or chloramine in the new tank? Did you use a water ager/dechlorinator? I agree with Wok about transfering some (possibly 1/2) water from the old tank in to the new tank before moving the fish, just make sure there is nothing toxic in the new tank. I am glad to hear that they both are recovering. Cheers, Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billaney Posted June 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 UPDATE : When i set up the tank everything was cleaned in just fresh water, tank ,gravel pots etc. I did not use water from there tank but did use about 1/3 from a cycled tank. the other 2/3 was treated with aquaplus and then left to stablise for 2-3 days the temp was as i siad within 0.2 of the Q-tank. Today: I decided to try again and started with the smaller of the two, the one that seemed to handle it a little better last time and he was fine I kept a close eyeon him for about 30 minutes and then added the second one who also is fine , they have now been in there new tank about 1 1/2 hours and settled ??? I have no idea whats changed. All water tests are the same today as the were 2 days ago ?? Still if there happy thats the main thing , i'll be keeping a close watch on them over today and the next few days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wok Posted June 22, 2005 Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 guess they were timid and not used to strolling out of their normal tank into another :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billaney Posted June 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 Guess so Wok , or maybe i interupted there favourite TV programme and they were sulking :lol: but still happy in there new home now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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