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25 gallon fish tank
tenpolequint:
The tank was not brand new but an existing set up. But already I have made loads of mistakes but I have joined a fish forum (also as tenpolequint) to point me in the right direction. I have been told about changing the water for a while until the nitrate levels stabilize.
Manicminer:
http://www.bristol-aquarists.org.uk/goldfish/info/info.htm
some info that might help.
mark.yellow.series.3:
--- Quote from: "TULL" ---seems a bit well populated for a tank so new, ive had discus , marine , chiclids you name it, at some point it will all go belly up, and in a marine tank it makes you cry and your bank manager
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i never had any fish in my marine set up die because of bad water, just had a tang that was bullied to death for teritorial reasons, and my puffer ate all the smaller ones :cry:
another piece of advice they dont tell you in the books, the fish can become unwell due to the stress of you constantly trying to make the water quality better. my fish seem to thrive after i stopped messing about so much.
tenpolequint:
--- Quote from: "mark.yellow.series.3" ---
another piece of advice they dont tell you in the books, the fish can become unwell due to the stress of you constantly trying to make the water quality better. my fish seem to thrive after i stopped messing about so much.
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This does seem sound advice as the fish are fine today no deaths. I do think the deaths were due to the stress of being moved about. I will not untake a regime of partial cleaning using the syphon tube to just take 25% of the water from the open area and leaving the fish undisturbed.
mark.yellow.series.3:
you wont undertake and partial water change??
if you dont the fish will eventually die, but you dont have to do it as often as the books says, in a tropical tank i would do 30% every month or so.
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