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So I decided to upgrade from my 10 gallon starter tank to a nice new 36 gallon bowfront. I set up the tank Saturday night, adding water with a 5 gallon bucket about 7 times, and not just once, but each of the 7 times I dumped water into the tank, I used the solution that came with the tank to kill the chlorine from the tap water (I have my own solution I use during water changes but decided to use the one that came with the tank for the heck of it).
I let the tank sit for about 24 hours and on Sunday night I tested the water levels with a strip that tests for 6 different levels -- Nitrates, Nitrites, pH, Alkalinity, Hardness, and Chlorine, and all of them came back looking great. Still, I decided to wait another day or so for the tank to continue to cycle a bit, and after a total of about 48 hours (Saturday night to Monday night), I decided to transfer my fish yesterday.
I started with 3 small convicts (I will get to this more in a minute), and I watched them swim around and adjust for about 30-45 minutes, and after they seemed OK, I decided to move my other fish -- just two larger cichlids that I have had for a year or so. The cichlids were pretty scared as they saw my getting my little convicts from the 10 gallon tank -- one of them was even hiding in a small cave I have. Once I moved them over to the new tank, the same cichlid went into a larger cave I have and I never saw him come out (he's just a wuss I think), and the other cichlid just kinda stayed on the bottom. I watched them for about 15 minutes or so and they seemed OK -- they did not appear to be gasping for air or having an issue with the water right away.
Needless to say, I woke up this morning about 8 hours later, and ALL of them have died
I have no idea what went wrong if all of the levels appeared to test OK, and the water temperature was close to the original tank (roughly 77F or so).
What's even more puzzling, as I mentioned earlier I had 3 VERY small convicts in addition to my 2 cichlids...well...those 3 convicts were given to me about two months ago from a friend of mine. He has convicts who are ridiculously horny I guess because they seem to have babies every 2-3 months. We had our doubts, but we successfully completed a transfer from his tank to mine -- two COMPLETELY different environments.
So I am at a total loss as to why I wasn't able to complete a transfer to a new tank of mine. Any thoughts or advice would be appreciated.
I let the tank sit for about 24 hours and on Sunday night I tested the water levels with a strip that tests for 6 different levels -- Nitrates, Nitrites, pH, Alkalinity, Hardness, and Chlorine, and all of them came back looking great. Still, I decided to wait another day or so for the tank to continue to cycle a bit, and after a total of about 48 hours (Saturday night to Monday night), I decided to transfer my fish yesterday.
I started with 3 small convicts (I will get to this more in a minute), and I watched them swim around and adjust for about 30-45 minutes, and after they seemed OK, I decided to move my other fish -- just two larger cichlids that I have had for a year or so. The cichlids were pretty scared as they saw my getting my little convicts from the 10 gallon tank -- one of them was even hiding in a small cave I have. Once I moved them over to the new tank, the same cichlid went into a larger cave I have and I never saw him come out (he's just a wuss I think), and the other cichlid just kinda stayed on the bottom. I watched them for about 15 minutes or so and they seemed OK -- they did not appear to be gasping for air or having an issue with the water right away.
Needless to say, I woke up this morning about 8 hours later, and ALL of them have died
What's even more puzzling, as I mentioned earlier I had 3 VERY small convicts in addition to my 2 cichlids...well...those 3 convicts were given to me about two months ago from a friend of mine. He has convicts who are ridiculously horny I guess because they seem to have babies every 2-3 months. We had our doubts, but we successfully completed a transfer from his tank to mine -- two COMPLETELY different environments.
So I am at a total loss as to why I wasn't able to complete a transfer to a new tank of mine. Any thoughts or advice would be appreciated.