Hey folks,
I have a 21 year old Pacu that I moved from a 92 galcorner to a 250 deep dimension about two weeks ago. We transferred everythingwe could but thats a lot of new water, so Im about two weeks into new tanksyndrome. Ive had the initial ammonia spike and mitigated without much damageto the old boy. BUT he hasnt eaten in nine days and Im a bit concerned. Hereswhere I stand now
- Ammonia is holding pretty steady at about .5ppm, but those may be slightly false reading because Im adding two capfuls ofprime a day to help with any new ammonia.
- Nitrites are nil or none.
- Nitrates are at 40 ppm
Frankly, Ive tried the chemical crap and bacteria in abottle stuff with little or no affect. Right now, I have him in the dark toreduce stress, ammo carb and nitro-zorb in the sump, air stones in the sump,and return jets at water surface to create a water disturbance on the tanksurface.
Im afraid, the less I do, the better hell do as long asI keep an eye on that ammonia. But I was wondering if anyone had any ideas onhow to get him to eat just a little bit because I dont wanna overfeed him inthe middle of a cycle. Ive tried spinach with a little success but not much.
AND does anybody have any ideas on how to help thisprocess along minus the stuff Ive already tried, of course. Didnt know ifthere were any new tricks up any sleeves out there. Thank for your time.
Any ideas?
Bigpapaboots a.k.a. Curt
I have a 21 year old Pacu that I moved from a 92 galcorner to a 250 deep dimension about two weeks ago. We transferred everythingwe could but thats a lot of new water, so Im about two weeks into new tanksyndrome. Ive had the initial ammonia spike and mitigated without much damageto the old boy. BUT he hasnt eaten in nine days and Im a bit concerned. Hereswhere I stand now
- Ammonia is holding pretty steady at about .5ppm, but those may be slightly false reading because Im adding two capfuls ofprime a day to help with any new ammonia.
- Nitrites are nil or none.
- Nitrates are at 40 ppm
Frankly, Ive tried the chemical crap and bacteria in abottle stuff with little or no affect. Right now, I have him in the dark toreduce stress, ammo carb and nitro-zorb in the sump, air stones in the sump,and return jets at water surface to create a water disturbance on the tanksurface.
Im afraid, the less I do, the better hell do as long asI keep an eye on that ammonia. But I was wondering if anyone had any ideas onhow to get him to eat just a little bit because I dont wanna overfeed him inthe middle of a cycle. Ive tried spinach with a little success but not much.
AND does anybody have any ideas on how to help thisprocess along minus the stuff Ive already tried, of course. Didnt know ifthere were any new tricks up any sleeves out there. Thank for your time.
Any ideas?
Bigpapaboots a.k.a. Curt
