P-Low's Aquatic Log

Ok, I feel your pain I really do. At this point you just need to do water changes, alot of water changes. I can't remember if it was mentioned, but make sure you add a water conditioner to the water you put in the tank. You might be a bit overstocked, but neons are small and if you keep up with the water you should be ok.

Definately get a Master test kit. Oh, and don't dump a whole pack of food in it again. (LMAO!! Still giggling over that one). The filter from what I can tell should be ok and build bacteria just fine.

Be prepared, it's possible the fish might die. If that happens just go ahead with a fishless cycle and things should work out better next time.
 
Thank you Chickieepooh2u

I did at ask what to do at the pet shop steps to do before setting up. He gave me a bottle of conditioner and said to let it run for a day. All the stuff that came with the kit I added to water [including the food] Why did a kit come with food?

When the water got cloudy after adding the fish, I did a search and found this awesome forum.

Question:
How do I properly do water changes? So far, the last 4 days, I've been setting out water from the tap in a plastic container and adding the de-chlorine and conditioners to that. Keeping it at room temp. It is, at the moment, impossible for me to set up another tank for the purpose of changing water. Any advice?
 
Last edited:
I think the kits come with food to make it 'easier' on people. So they have to 'just add fish'. lol

Except for the food part :) ... I did about the same thing with my first tank too. Got too impatient and added 6...yes 6 goldfish to an uncycled 20 gallon tank. Ohhh it wasn't pretty!! Found this forum, got my butt chewed out, and learned tons!!!
 
They should give you a mater chem set with a kit rather than food. Gee whiz... I just checked the price of them online. It be cheaper for me to order stuff overseas and import them here.

Question Re-iteration:
How do I properly do water changes? So far, the last 4 days, I've been setting out water from the tap in a plastic container and adding the de-chlorine and conditioners to that. Keeping it at room temp. It is, at the moment, impossible for me to set up another tank for the purpose of changing water. Any advice?
 
Do you have a gravel vac? If not get one. Personally I never set my water out. I have little kids and...well you get the idea. lol I just try to get the temp as close to the tank as I can. Never had a problem with that yet. But if you're thinking about getting another tank I'd go with a 10 or 20 gallon. They are easier to maintain (I think). I've had nothing but problems with my little 5 gallon so I just gave up and broke it down. Now my smallest is a 10 gallon.

I all my water cond to the bucket of water. Some people just dump it in the tank. That's up to you.
 
Many brands of water conditioner have to sit in the water overnight before you add it to the tank, or else they can hurt the fish.

There are a few instant dechlorinators that you can add to the new water and then add the water to the tank.

Stress-coat, Prime and Chlor-out are a few brand names, though I don't know if you have them over there.
I usually add them to the water then wait a few minutes before adding the water to the tank, but that's just because I worry. I know many people don't wait at all and it's fine. I use chlor-out, because it's what I prefer, but the Prime neutralizes ammonia and nitrites also, so if you're new to fishkeeping that is what I'd use.

Use a small siphon to get all the small particles out of the gravel as you are taking water out.

There's not really anything else I can think of, water changes are fairly simple. For my 5 gallon hex I usually fill a small cup and dip it all the way in the water before pouring it out, or else it stirs the gravel up.
 
I have way too many tanks to use buckets and de-chlor the water.

I use the python and add prime directly to the tank in the amount needed to treat the volume of the tank.(not the volume of the water you are replacing)

with a small tank it's easy to use a small vac and add the de-chlor to the water oin the bucket.

most of the de-chlorinators remove the chlorine pretty quickly almost instantly.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
AquariaCentral.com
Top Bottom