Re: Dead Fish   
     By: mark lewis to Roger Shays on Thu Jun 21 2012 03:42 pm   
      
    > "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 throug   
    >  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 jus   
    > water pH and tempurature...   
      
    > assuming you brought the new fish in all at once in bags, did you acclimitiz   
    > 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 som   
    > 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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    > )\/(ark - remove .my.foot to email me, capiche?   
      
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   All the fish were placed in the tank at the same time , I had placed the bag in   
   the water for about 40 minutes  before releasing them , the only survivor was   
   the baby pleco who adapted to the tank rather well , Im gonna try buying a bit   
   larger tropical fish and see what happens now , now that the tank has been up   
   and running for a week the water should be pretty good now    
   wishing myself luck in hopes these ones survive this timne    
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