Ran Out Of Dechorlinator Have My Fish In A Bucket.

[garuf]

HELP!
last night the base of my tank shattered after stripping down and repairing I've refilled only to find I'm out of dechlorinator and wont be able to get any any time soon since I don't drive.
My fish are in a bucket with a heater and an air stone, in old tank water. is their anything I can do to speed up the evaporation of the chlorine and make my fish more comfortable.
I've already lost 2 embers that died almost as soon as going into the tank.
HELP!

 

[omega59]

ummmm you know if you keep the water moving it will evaporate all the chlorine, also carbon removes chlorine. and leaving it sit over night will as well.

 

[WILDER]

Running an airstone for a day in a bucket of fresh water.
Though that dosn't remove heavy metal, would be better off getting some declorinator.
Not having much luck.
Fish can be a nightmare at times.

 

[garuf]

I don't have another airstone to put in the tank, nor do I have any carbon, I do have purigen?
I've a horrible suspicion I'm going to have to recycle my filter.

 

[WILDER]

What a mess.
I would post this thead in tropical chat more members over there willing to give some adviice that have been through a cracked tank.
I would ask the lfs if they would look after your fish till you get a new tank.

 

[garuf]

I've fixed the tank and its now full of water again, my problem is that I have fish in a bucket and no dechlorinator to sort it out so I can take them out of the bucket and put them into the tank.

 

[Robotochan]

Could always run the filter in distilled water?

 

[WILDER]

Its rather the tank or the bucket which will probably be getting ammonia build up.
Match temp and ph.
Small water changes would be better without declorinator but I would only do it in a emergency.

 

[garuf]

I've already put the filter onto the tank, totally forgot you hadn't supposed to do that.

 

[WILDER]

You have probably wiped all the benefical bacteria out.
I would test your water.

 

[garuf]

test for?

 

[WILDER]

Ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, and ph.
Did you put the filter in the tank without adding declorinator.
Or did you have enough declorinator for the tank water.

 

[garuf]

the filter was still fully cycled, I added the fish then the filter went to dechlorinate (id forgotten) and found it to be empty.
PH is unimportant. I add KNO3 (this is a planted tank) so I wont get a reading for nitrate.
I'll do an ammonia test now.

 

[WILDER]

You have e wiped all the beneifical bacteria out in the filter then.
Hope the fish survive as you shouldn't put them in a tank filled with all frreshwater for a least a few days.
I would get some bio spira.

 

[garuf]

I'll see what I can do, I don't have an aquatics shop near so it looks like I've had it.
I have got a cold water tank that's fully mature I should use some filter media from that and use one of my spare filters in the bucket?