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nuvolino
03-21-2006, 01:10
hi i had a 2 foot tank and since day one I have had problems and eventually pretty much half my fish die
I changed to your products and things improved but not after some unwanted expences and deaths
anyway
I have decided to start again...
I have isolated my 4 remaining fish and got myself a 3 foot tank
with a canister filter that does 1000L/h (litres/hour)
I have now set it up and used Prime and Stability to start it
now what i would like to know is how long until I can put the fish in the tank? I noticed that on the side of the Stability bottle it seems as though I can add them at any stage as long as i continue dosing the tank daily with stabilty for 7 days is this correct??? the reason why I am wanting to put the fish in as quick as posible is because they are in the old tanks water and I
just feel I need to get them into new water as they might die?
they do seem ok but you know what it's like to be worried about more dying fish.
I am in the second day of the tanks setup date

nuvolino
03-21-2006, 01:14
I'm also a newby to all this too so can someone also maybe give me some tips for maintainance and looking after my tank and fish??

thankyou in advance
:)

Tech Support JA
03-21-2006, 16:13
You may go ahead and enter the fish into the new tank, since they are currently in another habitat that has been detrimental. Remember, all tanks will have to go through the "new tank" syndrome and must "cycle". When cycling your aquarium will experience high ammonia and nitrites. Once your nitrites have come down, you are then ready to safely add fish. The only way to expedite the flux in ammonia and nitrite is by adding bacteria that convert ammonia and nitrite.

Our Stability will indeed speed up the process. Prime will assist in binding ammonia and nitrite as they rise. Therefore, you will want to use Prime as prescribed on the label every 24 hours until your ammonia and nitrites have come down. At this point you will be finished cycling and you may add additional fish.