Is this a good sign?

zarate · Member Joined: 04 Aug 2004 Posts: 245 Location: Wisconsin

Well, I moved my little fish friends today and saved all the old water I could and didn't rinse the gravel. I really hope I did this ok. It's been about an hour since I put the fish back in the aquarium and they are very spunky. My chinese algae eater went right to his favorite spot in the log and the cory is scavenging the bottom as usual and my danio is zipping all over like he's glad to be back in his tank. I really hope this is a good sign. Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
-mandi

OnixRevolution · Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 9:52 pm Post subject:

They may be alittle shooken up from the move. Just dont mess with them for a while and let them calm down. Keep an eye on them to make sure they're okay. But from my experience, your tank should do a "mini-cycle" if you have enough old water in there, but your Danios are pretty hardy and should be able to handle it. Good luck!

kc5gvn · Moderator Joined: 15 Mar 2004 Posts: 1147

You didn't mention anything about the filter. From the way you are describing everything else I'm guessing that you left everything in the filter intact as well. Sounds great. You shouldn't have any problems as far as cycling. You might have a small bacterial flairup from the bacteria being stirred up in the move. You could do a one day doasage of Maracyn 2 as a prophalaxis to keep down any bacterial flairup, but even that is probably not necessary.

zarate · Member Joined: 04 Aug 2004 Posts: 245 Location: Wisconsin

Thanks for your replies!
As soon as I put the 3 of them in there they became full of life. While I was setting up the tank they just kinda hung out at the bottom. They are still very lively and seem to be doing great!
As for the filter I didn't do anything I left it as it was and just plugged it back in once I got everything put together. So far the water is crystal clear. Thanks again you guys!
-Mandi