EMERGENCY!

Lithomunky

Lithomunky

AC Members
Mar 18, 2008
59
0
0
Charlotte, NC
My friend had to move out of town with no warning, so I have to take his 55gal tank, 2 Oscars, and Pleco. One Oscar is about a half foot and the other is a little smaller. I do not have much to work with since it's 12:30am where I am and this is my first big freshwater tank.

I started with about 4 inches of water to movie it with the fish in a bucket, when I got home I filled it up with the bucket floating in the aquarium. I used stress coat and stress zyme, the appropriate doses. The PH is high, about 7.6 if not higher. I've had the filter running for about 45 minutes now and there is no heater. I do not know if he just didn't give it to me or what.

The filter is a TOP FIN 60 and I have it on high. There was a lot of waste on the bottom when the water started to settle so I sucked it out. I still have it just in case I need it for the PH.

The PH in the bucket with the fish is low. About_________ nevermind the filter I had for O2 made the bucket sink and now the PH is the same.

Pulled it out back up to the top.

Any advice would help. :help:
Thanks.
Mike
 
:confused: Forget about the PH for now & test the water for ammonia, nitrites & nitrates. Please post & we can go from there. Off the bat the 55g is gonna be too small to house 2 'O's & a pleco for long term. The filtration is somewhat undersized for the huge bio-load you're gonna have. "T"
 
I just added most of the water. Right out of the tap. That's all I could do. I'm just working with what he gave me for now until I can get to the store tomorrow.

So right now, there is no ammonia or nitrates. Plus I have no tests.

I Transported the fish with about 10-15 gallons of the water that my friend had, and the pH was low, 6.0 or less. Now the pH is in the tank is 7.6ish and the water in the container the fish are in is mixed but it's coming up as 7.6.
 
Last edited:
:confused: You said there's no heater. If you have a thermometer, chk. to see. If low 70's to low 80's, you're good for now. If below you can raise slightly w/ warm W/C's. I'm certain you'll need to make quite a few. "T"
 
:confused: I take it you don't have a test kit. Put that at the top of your shopping list for tomorrow. Till then, W/C's is all you can do for them. Hopefully you have some type of water conditioner. "T"
 
I would just leave the fish in the bucket for now with an aerator and a top cover. Do plenty of water changes in small amounts until you can figure things out. Dont be tempted to just drop your fish right into the tank. This could be disasterous
 
Yeh, I used Stress Coat. So now I have them in the tank. I'll post some pics, but remember this is all I have to work with at the moment.

Feeding them worms. Owner said they would eat pretty much any kind of meat, and gave me a thing of worms.

pH seems to be perfect. See how long that will last.

.

pic1.jpg pic2.jpg pic3.jpg
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
AquariaCentral.com
Top Bottom