"Roger Shays -> mark lewis" <1:322/759> wrote in   
   news:2896$fido.aquarium@JamNNTPd:   
      
    ml>> 1. did you change some of the water or all of it?   
      
    RS> All of the water  was changed and the rocks and tank were cleaned with   
    RS> cool water  then refilled tank ,  let sit 24 hours  with running through   
    RS> the new filters  and then brought the ph to 7.0   the only survivor so   
    RS> far is a little pleko   about 1 and a half inches long   
      
   so there was absolutely no biological base... hummm... there's more than just   
   water pH and tempurature...   
      
   assuming you brought the new fish in all at once in bags, did you acclimitize   
   them to the tank water before actually placing them in the tank? you do this   
   by opening the bag and removing some of its water which you replace with some   
   from the tank... about 1/3rd to 1/2 cup at a time... you do this with 30   
   minutes waits between additions...   
      
   the above does two things... it gradually exposes the fish to the tank water   
   while also allowing them to get used to the tempurature...   
      
   it sounds like it was an extremely "sterile" environment and that may have   
   shocked them... but i've seen ones handled as i describe die and i've seen   
   them infect an entire tank, too... i handle this by placing new fish in a   
   nursery tank for a week or so before placing them in my main tank(s)...   
      
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