Rules on Moving Peacocks to Another Tank

[PeacockKeeper]

Okay, fellow MFKers, about two months ago I wanted to move one my peacock bass into another tank because it kept attacking my other three peacocks. I just got into aquariums in Sept 2007 and is fairly new at this.
At first I was kind of iffy about moving him (from a 125 to a 40) and I hesitated for a couple of days then went into PetSmart and had asked one of the workers there if I can move it without any problems. I told him the ph on the 125 was 6.8 and the ph on the 40 was 7.8. He said, with confident, that I could do it without any problems. So I came home and moved the peacock to the 40 gallon...a couple days later my AWESOME peacock died. I was so furious I was gonna go postal at Petsmart. Then I found out:

I was suppose to siphon water from the old tank into the new tank if I wanted to move a fish to keep the water parameters the same
I should of bagged up the fish and let it sit in the new water before releasing it into the new tank

But it was way too late.....

Maybe this topic should be made into a "Sticky" so newbies shouldn't have to go thru this.

How do you guys do it?

 

[bOOsteN aUdI]

lol 7.8 is extremely high if you ask me. one tanks ph was neutral while the other tank was alkaline. you should deff acclimated the fish before releasing him into the other tank or maybe even dripped him.. how big was the cichla?

sorry for your loss

 

[PeacockKeeper]

When he was stretched out on the ground, he measured a little over 9 inches. This guy was bought with the same batch as the other three and he outgrew them by like an inch and a half.

 

[FishDojo God]

Illustration of let it sit in the new water before releasing it into the new tank

 

[bassman24]

Sorry to hear that. I would never ask The Local Petsmart for advice in my area. I always see them flooding the fish area and the only fish they have that look healthy are the Tiger Oscars.

 

[TimTheBadass]

It's a real shame you lost your peacock. At least now you have learnt not to get your advice from petsmart. I bet they haven't even heard of a peacock bass. Next time ask on here, there are plenty of knowledgeable people on her that are always willing to help. Good luck with the rest of your peacock bass.

 

[mjuniorc]

lol 7.8 is extremely high if you ask me. one tanks ph was neutral while the other tank was alkaline. you should deff acclimated the fish before releasing him into the other tank or maybe even dripped him.. sorry for your loss

^^ AGREED... ^^ but if you ask me DRIPPING THEM is the most reliable/safest way to go... especially introducing new fish to any tank... by following this procedure... you do not put the fish in any shock and the fish gets to slowly adjust/adapt to new water params without stress....

sorry for the loss...

 

[CichlaRyan]

ouch. dude petsmart employees probably arnt any smarter in cichla then your inexperienced bro/sis but i mean petsmart comon hommzz they dnt know shiz. sorry for the loss but i mean comon braddha

 

[gnuisance]

ouch. dude petsmart employees probably arnt any smarter in cichla then your inexperienced bro/sis but i mean petsmart comon hommzz they dnt know shiz. sorry for the loss but i mean comon braddha

He said he just got into the hobby so its not that far-fetched for him to think people at Petsmart have some expertise, although like someone else mentioned all it takes is on look at their tanks to see that they don't. 40g for an 8" cichla is pretty tight and will be very tight once that fish grows more, sorry for your loss.

 

[CichlaRyan]

He said he just got into the hobby so its not that far-fetched for him to think people at Petsmart have some expertise, although like someone else mentioned all it takes is on look at their tanks to see that they don't. 40g for an 8" cichla is pretty tight and will be very tight once that fish grows more, sorry for your loss.

im not tellin the dude hes a failure im just saying the dopes that work at petsmart/petco dont even know how to keep there own tanks let alone yours books/mfk is your best bet.