mas
12-15-2002, 10:27 PM
hey, i recently parted with a number of baby kribs which were in my 6x1.5x2 foot tank, but unfortunately (or fortunately) i had to remove all the plants to catch them (it ended up taking 2 hours even). anyways (there were no discus in the tank at the time) i ended up doing a large water change and reaquascaped my tank.
the next morning, all the fish were swimming as happily as the night before in their rearranged home, so without thinking i moved my 6 baby greens from the little tank to the big tank. they're doing pretty well, everyone is much much happier in the larger tank, they're all eating, swimming around everywhere and much less scared of people even, but 2 of them were a bit darker than usual.. so i tested the ammonia and it was at 0.50 (the third colour on the aquarium pharm. test kit). this was rather annoying so i did a 3 bucket water change (a bit over a quarter of the tank) thinking it was just from doing all the replanting, but i tested it again to-day and it was still 0.50! i checked my other tank and it was normal at just about 0, then not convinced decided to check the tap water.. which turned out to be 0.50! i even took water from another tap just to be sure and yeh the water at least near my place has 0.50 ammonia :( thats sucky..
anyways.. :) i was just wondering what would be the best thing to do. i have a tank with ammonia 0.50 and baby discus in it. they're infinitely happier in the big tank, but they might have to live with the ammonia until the filters catch up again.. will this effect their growth? i dont think any more water changes like this will be any good.. whats the easiest thing to do with the water until it gets better? it would be nice to leave them in the big tank as they did nothing but hide in the smaller tank. how about buying ro water..? any suggestions would be great.
thanks,
.mas
the next morning, all the fish were swimming as happily as the night before in their rearranged home, so without thinking i moved my 6 baby greens from the little tank to the big tank. they're doing pretty well, everyone is much much happier in the larger tank, they're all eating, swimming around everywhere and much less scared of people even, but 2 of them were a bit darker than usual.. so i tested the ammonia and it was at 0.50 (the third colour on the aquarium pharm. test kit). this was rather annoying so i did a 3 bucket water change (a bit over a quarter of the tank) thinking it was just from doing all the replanting, but i tested it again to-day and it was still 0.50! i checked my other tank and it was normal at just about 0, then not convinced decided to check the tap water.. which turned out to be 0.50! i even took water from another tap just to be sure and yeh the water at least near my place has 0.50 ammonia :( thats sucky..
anyways.. :) i was just wondering what would be the best thing to do. i have a tank with ammonia 0.50 and baby discus in it. they're infinitely happier in the big tank, but they might have to live with the ammonia until the filters catch up again.. will this effect their growth? i dont think any more water changes like this will be any good.. whats the easiest thing to do with the water until it gets better? it would be nice to leave them in the big tank as they did nothing but hide in the smaller tank. how about buying ro water..? any suggestions would be great.
thanks,
.mas