Hey i just set up im 125 gallon fish tank yesterday looks amazing. I put the conditioner in it and everything. Now heres the tough decision. My 36 gallon bow tank is polluted the filter im running is to small and garbage, The aciditiy level is 7.6 or higher because thats the last color. My new tank is at 6.8, I have cichilds catfish and a pike. I cannot tell how the look the water is way to cloudly it is discusting. Now should i Put them into my new tank or wait? I really need to know what to do. Thanks so much.
Tough decision.. need help
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That's a pretty big difference not sure what to do but I wouldn't put them straight in.
Don't you have a chemical to test hi ph?
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Don't you have a chemical to test hi ph?
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Not a tough decision to make.
If you don`t care for the health of your fish, go ahead and put them in the un-cycled new tank. Not just the big PH difference to shock the heck out of them, but as the ammonia builds you get to watch them gasp.
Sorry for the smart ass remark, but heck man.
Your new tank has a bacterial bloom going on.
Get an accurate PH reading and buffer your new tank as close as you can get it to the one the fish are coming out of.
Transfer the fish along with the media from your old filter.
Keep close tabs on ammonia levels and WC as needed.
The WC is gonna be a PIA because of the buffering needed to slowly get the fish used to a new PH level, so you can end up doing WC without having to buffer.
It will take awhile, but is do-able without the fish suffering at all.
Good luck with your new tank.
If you don`t care for the health of your fish, go ahead and put them in the un-cycled new tank. Not just the big PH difference to shock the heck out of them, but as the ammonia builds you get to watch them gasp.
Sorry for the smart ass remark, but heck man.
Your new tank has a bacterial bloom going on.
Get an accurate PH reading and buffer your new tank as close as you can get it to the one the fish are coming out of.
Transfer the fish along with the media from your old filter.
Keep close tabs on ammonia levels and WC as needed.
The WC is gonna be a PIA because of the buffering needed to slowly get the fish used to a new PH level, so you can end up doing WC without having to buffer.
It will take awhile, but is do-able without the fish suffering at all.
Good luck with your new tank.