natalie265
Fish Crazy
About a week ago, i moved my 30 gallon inhabitants to a new 55 gallon. I've moved fish several times before with zero losses, so i know that casualties aren't a necessary part of moving fish. The stats of the new tank are:
nitrate: 20
nitrite: 0
ammonia: 0
ph: 7.6
The ph is a little higher in this new tank, in the old tank it was about 7.2, but they were gradually acclimated to the new water over a period of about 30-45 mins. There were some temp fluctuations right at the beginning. I forgot to plug in one of the heaters and the water temp dropped to about 68 F. When i did plug it in, it was set a bit high and the temp rose to about 82 F. That is quite a drastic change, but it would have been very gradual. I've already lost five fish, and another is on its way out. This is more fish than i've lost in the past three years combined! Any thoughts?
nitrate: 20
nitrite: 0
ammonia: 0
ph: 7.6
The ph is a little higher in this new tank, in the old tank it was about 7.2, but they were gradually acclimated to the new water over a period of about 30-45 mins. There were some temp fluctuations right at the beginning. I forgot to plug in one of the heaters and the water temp dropped to about 68 F. When i did plug it in, it was set a bit high and the temp rose to about 82 F. That is quite a drastic change, but it would have been very gradual. I've already lost five fish, and another is on its way out. This is more fish than i've lost in the past three years combined! Any thoughts?
