New Tank

[moggy]

hi getting a secondhand jewel rio 125 tank in next few days full set up including some tetras what the best way to transport fish ? have about 1 hour driving time from picking up tank & fish the tank comes with internal filter what is the best way of keeping bacteria alive so i can set new tank up in my house ? thanks for any replies

 

[BigIan]

the best way to keep the bacteria alive whilst traveling is to keep all the filter media in a bucket or tub full of tank water....

Same with the fish... just remember the longer your traveling the more watter your fish will need...

 

[moggy]

hi getting a secondhand jewel rio 125 tank in next few days full set up including some tetras what the best way to transport fish ? have about 1 hour driving time from picking up tank & fish the tank comes with internal filter what is the best way of keeping bacteria alive so i can set new tank up in my house ? thanks for any replies

ok set up tank using some old water from tank kept filter in tank water added new water with nutarafin aqua plus tetras are in a small tank with air stone attacted waiting for heater in the jewel tank to heat the water at moment on 64c taking longer to heat up than i thought done a water test readings are as follows no2 (nitrite ) 5, no3 (nitrate) 25 , gh >16 ,kh 3, ph 7.6, are these all ok ? thanks

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

hi getting a secondhand jewel rio 125 tank in next few days full set up including some tetras what the best way to transport fish ? have about 1 hour driving time from picking up tank & fish the tank comes with internal filter what is the best way of keeping bacteria alive so i can set new tank up in my house ? thanks for any replies

ok set up tank using some old water from tank kept filter in tank water added new water with nutarafin aqua plus tetras are in a small tank with air stone attacted waiting for heater in the jewel tank to heat the water at moment on 64c taking longer to heat up than i thought done a water test readings are as follows no2 (nitrite ) 5, no3 (nitrate) 25 , gh >16 ,kh 3, ph 7.6, are these all ok ? thanks

Are those readings from the old large tank or the small one?

 

[moggy]

hi getting a secondhand jewel rio 125 tank in next few days full set up including some tetras what the best way to transport fish ? have about 1 hour driving time from picking up tank & fish the tank comes with internal filter what is the best way of keeping bacteria alive so i can set new tank up in my house ? thanks for any replies

ok set up tank using some old water from tank kept filter in tank water added new water with nutarafin aqua plus tetras are in a small tank with air stone attacted waiting for heater in the jewel tank to heat the water at moment on 64c taking longer to heat up than i thought done a water test readings are as follows no2 (nitrite ) 5, no3 (nitrate) 25 , gh >16 ,kh 3, ph 7.6, are these all ok ? thanks

Are those readings from the old large tank or the small one?

from the old large one juwel 125

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

The nitrites are a sign the tank is cycling, do you have any test results for ammonia? I would do a 30% water change with dechlorinator to try and lower the nitrites as they are harmful to fish.