Maisielily
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This is a long story so bare with me.
I originally owned a small square tank with two equally small fish a minnow and a small orange no longer than 2 inches. Iād had them for about a year and the other day I noticed one had disappeared, this is when I saw that the minnow was dead under the filter. The problem was I didnt know how long heād been there and the tank had gone paticularly dirty and I was scared it was harm my lilā orange fish.
So I visit my local pets at home(i know iām new at this please dont shout at me!) and decide to upgrade his tank, since he is a temperate fish I took the plunge and bought a heater and filter. This is where the problem is, I really didnāt fully understand the cycling process and added him to this new big tank without thinking twice. As soon as I saw that fish cycling could really stress him out I started to panic. I have now added some of the filter cloth from his old filter to his new one which iām hoping is covered in good bacteria since it was in his tank for a good year. I also have a tank that has been up and running for around 5 years so I took some of these bricks out and added them in a nylon sock.
SO the situation now is I have one very tiny fish in this 22l tank, I do have stress coat which iām hoping will help. In himself he seems happy swimming around only sitting at the bottom occasionally and seems ok. Iām hoping adding the filter and bricks will help. Any suggestions as to get the tank sorted ASAP.
Side note I would put him in the 60l tank however it is at max capacity and is full of very large fantails that iām scared with eat him or heāll nip at them.
I also did a PH test and according to it everything is perfect. Neutral PH small amount of nitrates no nitrites. Temp is also at around 26 degrees at the moment which seems to be stable
I originally owned a small square tank with two equally small fish a minnow and a small orange no longer than 2 inches. Iād had them for about a year and the other day I noticed one had disappeared, this is when I saw that the minnow was dead under the filter. The problem was I didnt know how long heād been there and the tank had gone paticularly dirty and I was scared it was harm my lilā orange fish.
So I visit my local pets at home(i know iām new at this please dont shout at me!) and decide to upgrade his tank, since he is a temperate fish I took the plunge and bought a heater and filter. This is where the problem is, I really didnāt fully understand the cycling process and added him to this new big tank without thinking twice. As soon as I saw that fish cycling could really stress him out I started to panic. I have now added some of the filter cloth from his old filter to his new one which iām hoping is covered in good bacteria since it was in his tank for a good year. I also have a tank that has been up and running for around 5 years so I took some of these bricks out and added them in a nylon sock.
SO the situation now is I have one very tiny fish in this 22l tank, I do have stress coat which iām hoping will help. In himself he seems happy swimming around only sitting at the bottom occasionally and seems ok. Iām hoping adding the filter and bricks will help. Any suggestions as to get the tank sorted ASAP.
Side note I would put him in the 60l tank however it is at max capacity and is full of very large fantails that iām scared with eat him or heāll nip at them.
I also did a PH test and according to it everything is perfect. Neutral PH small amount of nitrates no nitrites. Temp is also at around 26 degrees at the moment which seems to be stable