am i in the clear?

[milkman407]

I redid my 360gallon, took out all the drift wood and rocks, and just left it bare. Well I drained about 70% of the tank, and saved what water I could. so In that sense its just like a water change. the thing I'm worried about is, my media was out of water for a good 10 mins before I actully put it into a new and bigger w/d filter. I didn't run the filter on the tank overnight because we still had to alter some things ( clean the inside, and get some sand out ). But I took the return line and rigged it so that the water would go through the w/d and just enter back into it ( the w/d pump pushing water back into the w/d ). I left that overnight. I'm just worried if my BB died, because i'm getting a 12" widebar saturday and I dont want this beautiful fish dieing. I added my fish over the past week and they all seem to be doing fine, but its only 5 fish ( including a frt ) and its a big tank so I dont know if its just so much water volume and not enough ammonia to actully cause an effect or what.

Help me out, is my tank good to go?
I cant test it ( test kits all say 0 for everything ( and the ph is no color on the thing, old ass test kit ).

 

[ewurm]

I redid my 360gallon, took out all the drift wood and rocks, and just left it bare. Well I drained about 70% of the tank, and saved what water I could. so In that sense its just like a water change. the thing I'm worried about is, my media was out of water for a good 10 mins before I actully put it into a new and bigger w/d filter. I didn't run the filter on the tank overnight because we still had to alter some things ( clean the inside, and get some sand out ). But I took the return line and rigged it so that the water would go through the w/d and just enter back into it ( the w/d pump pushing water back into the w/d ). I left that overnight. I'm just worried if my BB died, because i'm getting a 12" widebar saturday and I dont want this beautiful fish dieing. I added my fish over the past week and they all seem to be doing fine, but its only 5 fish ( including a frt ) and its a big tank so I dont know if its just so much water volume and not enough ammonia to actully cause an effect or what.

Help me out, is my tank good to go?
I cant test it ( test kits all say 0 for everything ( and the ph is no color on the thing, old ass test kit ).

In the future, keep your media in a bucket with tank water. I think you're fine, ten minutes shouldn't have killed your bacteria off.

 

[milkman407]

I'm just a lil worried. thanks :/

the w/d had my tanks water in it while it was running over night, so no tap water hit the sponges.

 

[ewurm]

I'm just a lil worried. thanks :/

the w/d had my tanks water in it while it was running over night, so no tap water hit the sponges.

Keep an eye on those params though, and invest in a newer test kit. Too many expensive and quality fish to risk it.

 

[milkman407]

I'm kinda annoyed I bought a new test kit ( 50$ ) and it didn't have a test for nitrates .

I'll take my water to petsmart tomorrow and have them test it ( or i'll use their test kit and check it out ).