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Within the next few weeks I will have to move a 35 gallon aquarium to a new location.
It will only be a 15-20 minute drive.
Heating will not be a problem as it will be over 80°F outside.
Any tips would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Michael
The only thing I can imagine is that a fish that I bought had ingested a larvae (if that's what it's called) and later excreted it.
Even if that can happen it would seem like a very long incubation period, although I don't know how small the crabs are when they first hatch.
It will remain one...
I don't have the right lens to photograph something so small but this image http://i55.tinypic.com/bevek0.jpg might give you all a clue.
What's so weird is that the aquarium (35 gall) in enclosed except for when I feed the fish.
I did to a 25% water change a few days ago though.
It's a pretty...
It's about 3/4" of an inch long; has six legs at the front; a v shaped tail and whiskers.
I isolated it a while ago but it's still alive and can jump.
:dance:
Michael
I think it's a shrimp anyway.
Looks like a Cherry Red Shrimp but is more transparent than red.
I haven't added any fish or plants for at least a couple of months.
So where did it come from?
Thanks,
Michael
Thanks for the reply.
It's an isolation tank for newly purchased fish with lots of aeration with about 5 inches of fish for five gallons.
I'd prefer to put pregnant live bearers in there and save some of the fry.
So would a pregnant live-bearer and/or fry produce enough ammonia to keep the...
Thanks for the reply.
I have 7 healthy fish in there (5 gallon - couple of cardinals, 4 black widows and a platty) right now and they could be transferred to my main aquarium.
How many inches of fish do you think I'd need to keep in it to keep it cycled?
I have a couple of pregnant...
Thanks for the replies. I decided to just keep some fish in it since it's in my bedroom.
Easier than adding ammonia.
If I need the tank for something then I'll just put the fish that are in it into my larger tank.
I put in three black widow tetras.
Michael
Hi,
When I do a partial water change say 1/4 do I need to dechlorinate the new water?
And add a conditioner?
And how close does the temperature of the new water need to be to that in the freshwater tank?
Thanks,
Michael
Hi,
I have a small 5 gallon tank that I set up to isolate newly bought fish or for a sick one.
It's been cycled.
Next week I won't have any fish to put in there (hopefully); so will it stay cycled and safe for fish if I leave the filter running?
Thanks,
Michael
Thank you and everybody else for your kind help.
My local store didn't have a test for nitrates but I'll track one down.
I now know the importance of "cycling"!
I can honestly say though that 40 years ago my teenage friends and I used to set up aquariums, wait for 24 hours and then add fish...
Two of the neons looked and still look fine but the other two still didn't look well balanced, and they were hiding out behind the heater so I did a partial water change today.
The forth one doesn't seem in bad shape but still doesn't come out.
I did add a few live plants yesterday which...
Nitrites I tested but nitrates not, and will do so.
I didn't think that nitrate was generally a problem.
I opened and floated the bags for around 15 minutes and then gradually added water from the aquarium to the bags.
Then I poured the fish into a net letting the water go into a bowl and...
Thanks very much.
I had a tropical fish store 40 years ago and thought this would be easy.
I set up the aquarium for my daughter.
I'd never seen pink danios until a few weeks ago and I now have a problem telling platties from mollies.
I find all this stuff now about injecting colors etc...