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)...

 > -- 
 > )\/(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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