potential stock wipe out...help!

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esoxlucius

esoxlucius

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I had a well cycled thriving 200g in the living room with a RTGG, 4 tinfoils, 3 balas, 5 clowns, 6 dennisons and a plec in (all fish juveniles). As the gourami got bigger i decided to get another 200g just for her. My new 200g is about 3 weeks into a cycle. I have a few danios and siamese algae eaters in there, the ammonia is slowly creeping up but it is slow, i could speed the cycle up but i wasn't in any rush but boy am i regretting not speeding it up a bit now. Thursday night i noticed a problem with the structure on my established stocked tank in the living room. It looked real dodgy so without hesitation i drained it and had no option other than to put all my fish in the new tank!!!! I haven't fed them since i put them in to cut down on waste and when i tested my ammonia this morning it was 0.5ppm so i did a 50% water change. As long as i keep my feeding to a bare minimum and change water daily to keep ammonia from getting out of control is there a chance i can ride this storm?
 
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Oh, i forgot to mention that when i transferred the fish into the new tank i also had the common sense to transfer some of the well established bio media from my sump too. But will this be enough to get me through this?
 
You should be fine if you keep feeding at minimum so the bacteria have time to catch up...Last resort is bottle bacteria to speed thing up if you worry about losing some of your live stock.
 
Keep checking the water levels. It'll eventually catch up. Do as yuki and beetlebug have suggested.
 
I would feed every second day a normal feed and transfer the bio media. If you use the established bio media you should not have many issues since you already have a cycle
 
Cheers guys, i thought i might be on the right track but it's always reassuring hearing it from fellow hobbyists. Just need to get my dodgy tank sorted now, haha, never a dull moment in this hobby.
 
esoxlucius said:
Cheers guys, i thought i might be on the right track but it's always reassuring hearing it from fellow hobbyists. Just need to get my dodgy tank sorted now, haha, never a dull moment in this hobby.
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What is dodgy with it? Is the support braking.

If you stuff right it is enjoyable, and if something goes wrong we learn to fix and prevent it, example being my brothers platies kept getting killed by getting stuck behing the filter intake and tank wall until we put sponge in to stop it.

Good luck!
 
Hendre said:
What is dodgy with it? Is the support braking.

If you stuff right it is enjoyable, and if something goes wrong we learn to fix and prevent it, example being my brothers platies kept getting killed by getting stuck behing the filter intake and tank wall until we put sponge in to stop it.

Good luck!
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Basically the actual tank is housed in a thick rigid PVC framework and then the housing sits on top of the base which holds the sump. Although the housing itself is a solid enough structure it would seem the actual tank isn't fixed into it adequately as i've noticed the tank has dropped on one side about 1cm. It must have slipped with a sudden jolt as i've noticed a supporting strut down in the base as give way. All very scary. I emptied it faster than i've ever done any water change in my life. I'm waiting for a guy coming out today to see how we can resolve this as i've only had the tank 11 month.
 
Oh ok. Maybe you should have a steel or plywood stand built
 
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