How should I transfer my tropical fish to a new tank?
Posted on September 12th, 2009 by admin
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I need methods on how to put my fish into a new tank. Obviously new water and everything so i don’t want to shock them or kill them so how should i go about securing their safety??
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I need methods on how to put my fish into a new tank. Obviously new water and everything so i don’t want to shock them or kill them so how should i go about securing their safety??
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1. put them in a bag (use stress-realeeving stuff if you want).
2. let them set in the bag for 15 min., and every 10 min. after that, put a little water in from the tank and visa versa.
3. make sure they look normal, and if they are, dump them slowly in, and obserb for normal habbits after a few hours.
Good luck!
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transfer them the same way you introduce them to the tank when you buy them by using plastic bags and float them on top for 10 to 15 mins you can also buy a bottle of stress less that will protect them from stressing to much but you should be ok as long as you dont just put them straight in to the new tank
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Set up the new tank a few days before you move them, have all filters/heaters that you will be using set up and working to get the water close to what the fish are used to. When actually transferring the fish, use a bucket full of the water from the old tank to move them, then gently release water, fish, and all, into the new tank. Stuff to treat stress would be a good idea as well.
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OK, you mean like upgrading or replacing a cracked tank or something?
If you are dealing with small tanks, it can be easy. You can siphon the tank water into clean buckets that have never been used for anything else and re-use it. The fish can be netted and kept in that water while you swap tanks.
Try to have as much of the setup done as you can so as to not keep the fish in buckets or have the filter off for too long. A few hours in a bucket will do no harm to a healthy fish.
If you are upgrading from say a 10g to a 20g, put the fish and saved water in, then fill it as if you had just done a big water change.
I’d love to have a dollar for every time I have done this in the past 40 years. LOL
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good luck finding out.
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If you move them without cycling the new tank, they’ll die. Here’s a good FAQ on cycling:
Tanks are not chemistry sets, and you can’t just put chemicals in the water and have it be ready. I don’t know who keeps telling people to “let the tank sit for 24 hours” but that’s also not right. It takes 4-6 weeks to cycle the tank, but you can accelerate that a bit. Check that article for information how to do that.
The most important inhabitants of your tank are the invisible colony of bacteria that grow and consume ammonia and nitrites from your fish waste. Without them, your fish will die from their own pollution. The bacteria grow in the clear bio- slime that covers the interior surfaces of your tank, including the inside walls, decorations, gravel and the filter media. If you put new fish into an uncycled tank without an adequate colony of those beneficial bacteria, they’ll die.
When the tank is cycled, then only add the fish a couple at a time, and give it several days in between additions so your bacteria colony can grow enough to keep up with the increase in ammonia and nitrites.
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what “fishmom” said
also check out fishlore.com