The Little Woman and I came home to the aquarium on the front porch with 3 inchs water....PLEASE HELP!! we know zero about fish ,but have new tank.. "WHAT SHOULD WATER TEMPERATURE BE?" will have more stupid questions prbly tomorrow or day after. OH YEAH, The fish are a"Pacu" and a "Catfish that always swims upside down". I hope im doing this right. new to the web also. SORRY
Is anyone missing a leaking from the bottom hexagon aquarium with 2 fish in it?
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My best advice is to put the fish into a large clean tote/tub/bucket... something that has never seen "cleaners". Add your heater and if you have one a pump and air hose.
Set up your new aquarium and move your filter AS IS to the new tank. DO NOT rinse it at this time. If you move the gravel over as is, you will get a lot of debris... the water will be very gunky when you fill it. The best option is to rinse the gravel in "de-chlorinated" water. If you rinse and rinse it all in tap water you will kill the good bacteria that resides on the gravel surfaces. Your goal is to maintain it and transfer over as much of the good bacteria as you can. If you move it straight over to the new tank, try not to stir up too much and get your filter running asap. It should clear up the cloudy water fairly quickly.
Hope this helps. I'm sorry no one answered before this. Let us know how you did. OH yes... remember to match your temperatures again when you introduce the fish from the bucket to the tank!!
Set up your new aquarium and move your filter AS IS to the new tank. DO NOT rinse it at this time. If you move the gravel over as is, you will get a lot of debris... the water will be very gunky when you fill it. The best option is to rinse the gravel in "de-chlorinated" water. If you rinse and rinse it all in tap water you will kill the good bacteria that resides on the gravel surfaces. Your goal is to maintain it and transfer over as much of the good bacteria as you can. If you move it straight over to the new tank, try not to stir up too much and get your filter running asap. It should clear up the cloudy water fairly quickly.
Hope this helps. I'm sorry no one answered before this. Let us know how you did. OH yes... remember to match your temperatures again when you introduce the fish from the bucket to the tank!!
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