[APD] Re: Moving

[Erin Poythress <anang3 at yahoo_com>]

I was thinking it would minimize the shock for the
fish, cut down on cycling time when I get there. I
have lots of plants and everything, but with the
Tanganyikans' pH, I didn't figure it was worth the
risk. Plus I have no clue about the water chemistry in
the new place. You think it's unnecessary?

Erin 

Rachel Sandage wrote:

> What is the reason for moving the water? 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Andrew
>
McLeod<mailto:thefish at theabyssalplain_freeserve.co.uk>
> 
>   To: aquatic plants
> digest<mailto:aquatic-plants at actwin_com> 
>   Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2004 2:12 PM
>   Subject: Re: [APD] Moving
> 
> 
>   On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 08:07:56 -0700 (PDT), Erin
> Poythress  
>   <anang3 at yahoo_com<mailto:anang3 at yahoo_com>> wrote:
> 
>   > Hey everyone,
>   >
>   > This is a pretty timely thread for me, as I'm
> moving
>   > in just over two weeks myself. My two tanks are
> a 12
>   > and a 20 gal, so I won't have tank breakage to
> worry
>   > about quite as much with a 90 gal, but I'm
> moving
>   > about 6 hours away. I was thinking I'd use 5-gal
>   > buckets for water, do the wet newspaper thing
> for many
>   > of the plants, and bag the fish in large fish
> store
>   > bags with saturated oxygen. It'll have to be a
> day
>   > move, but I'm hoping it'll be okay. My only
> concern is
>   > that the 20 is full of shelldwellers, so the pH
> is a
>   > bit higher in there (about 8) than the other
> tank. Any
>   > suggestions as to how I can minimize ammonia
> issues or
>   > improve my plan? I solicit any and all
> suggestions.
>   >
>   > Thanks!
>   > Erin
> 
>   Add a 5x dose of Seachem Prime. That stuff is
> fantastic, you almost don't  
>   need to cycle sometimes (not that I'd recommend it
> though), but for  
>   something where pre-cycled filtration is
> impossible or tricky like during  
>   a move or a quarantine tank, I reckon (based on my
> experience with an only  
>   slightly cycled filter, showing elevated ammonia
> levels after fish  
>   addition) at high stocking levels that should keep
> fish going for at least  
>   a few days, if not a week or more (at least with a
> filter, even if  
>   uncycled, as cycling will occur rapidly without
> the ammonia or nitrite  
>   toxicity to hinder it).
> 
>   -- 
>   Andrew McLeod
>  

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