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Dovii
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im leaving on a plane to florida with my parents and sister TOMMOROW. im nervous enough leaving my 3 tanks in the care of my neighbors...i DO NOT need this.:irked:

one of my Western Mosquitofish is pregnant. so i put a plate of gravel in the tank so that if the fry are born while im away, they can burrow into the gravel. i rinsed the gravel in tap water and put the dish in the tank. immediately a cloud rose up. ok, i didnt rinse enough. thats ok, im getting out of school at 1:45 tommorow. i can do a water change.
thjen it hit me.
IM OUT OF FREAKING DECHLORINATOR!! :wall: :duh:
so i thought quick. i stuffed the 2 Westerns and my Olive Nerite into a .6 gallon plastic tank and submerged it in my tank housing a Shrimp, Cobra Guppy, and Ottocinclus pair.
but NOW i have to go to the pet store right after school and do a 75% water change in the time between 2:00 to 4:00:screwy:
 
You're over reacting. The cloud from the gravel would have probably done no harm.
 
bigspizz;2986601; said:
How long will you be gone?
10 days.




its not a terrible screw up, i mean, i didnt lose any fish, but my poor Westerns are stuck in a .6g nano for the next 18 hours:irked:
the .6 is inside another tank tho so they have filtration but still :(
 
I dont think you needed to move them in the first place
 
Bottomfeeder;2986620; said:
the chlorine would :(
would chlorine from rinsing the gravel hurt? no
would chlorine from a water change that you haven't done yet hurt? still no
 
Just have them feed your tanks 1x. About half way through. I would NEVER allow someone to change my water.
 
bigspizz;2986647; said:
Just have them feed your tanks 1x. About half way through. I would NEVER allow someone to change my water.
im only gone for 10 days

only an extra 3 days off my W/C scheldule
neighbors are NOT doing w/c for me:nilly:
just feeding:)
 
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