Moving Fish From Co2 Tank To No Co2 Tank

[newfishaddict]

Hi , my three tanks all have co2 added and a ph=7.0

My quarintine tank has no co2 and a ph = 7.8 (from the tap)

How would you suggest moving fish from my ph 7 tanks to my ph7.8 tanks safely to avoid shock?

How about adding peat to bring the ph of the quarantine tank to 7.0...?

Any other ideas? (Ive heard of drip methods but dont know specific procedure...)

 

[George Farmer]

You could either add CO2 to your quarantine tank temporarily or remove CO2 from other tanks overnight (fish adapt to this pH swing with no problem) then add them to Q tank the next morning.

I'd personally avoid using peat as it messes with the KH.

 

[WendyinWichita]

I have experience with this because my home water (well) is very high and when I purchase fish, they are in a PH significantly lower.

I have had fish freeze up and die until I started adding a half cup or so of the tank water to the bagged water the fish come in. I let them float for as long as I can, and add 1/2 cup or so of tank water every 10 minutes or so. When I am happy with the length of time they have been floating (they are swimming freely in their bag and look happy) I dip out the fish then discard the water in the bag. I always discard the water because I don't want to mix it with the tank the fish are going into. If you know the water is good quality (from your own tank) you can just tip the bag and let the fish swim out. Do the same technique when putting the fish back into the CO2 tank.

Even fragile fish like Blue Rams do well with this technique.

Good luck!

 

[Jen]

EEsh. I hope I didn't hurt my fish that I just added... I didn't think about the co2. I floated them for about 5 hours ( I had a nap in there. lol) I added about 1/2 cup water every 30 minutes (except for the hour and a half I was sleeping). They seem ok, swimming all over the place. Would I have noticed problems by now - 22 hours after adding them?

 

[smithrc]

personal experience says don't worry about it...

we had a PH crash in our planted tank and the fish were moved, in an emergency from a PH of 5.5 (may have been less) to a tank with 7.8... temp went from 26 to approx 30ºC the fish were fine and none died - they didn't even end up with stress colourings....
they didn't even get time to acclimatise (it was this or kill a tanks worth of stock)

Don't panic - Healthy fish are hardier than we give them credit for.

 

[BLASK]

uh oh, I just recently moved some platies from a non-planted 7.2ph to a planted w/ co2 with a ph of 6.5. I took them out using a beaker with their own 7.2 water and just used a pipette and added the 6.5 water for about 15 minutes very slowly. The red/orange platies got red gills, but I don't know if that is because of ph shock or because I have a 65w 6700k light on there compared to their original tank with a 15w bulb. Prehaps they have red gills as is? It has been about 4 days since the move and they are all great.

sorry to bug in but this was the perfect place to put this in.