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now I have a basictank about a two in bed of sand in my 55 acouple of
live rocks and mushroom polup my fish are all happy and havebeen doing
very well but I want to make it a little more natural forthem so I have
50 lbs of live rock comming and 10# of live sand so Iplan on removing a
couple of other rocks out not live rock buildingsome hiding places etc
giving the tank a good cleaning then laying downthe live rock. problem
is what should I do about the fish when I dothis I know it will
probably take a couple hours to do I don't want toover stress them and
I am mainly concerned about my Box fish she isdoing really well but
very skitish I don't want to stess her out for acouple reasons of
course I don't want to poisen my tank. I don't have aquaritine tank to
hold them in. do should I do it with them in or butthem in a temporay
holding area or take them to my pet shop for acouple days I should have
all this stuff and be ready Thursday orFriday and should I let
everything settle for a couple days beforeputting them back. I am
starting to prepare a larger tank but I don'teven have a filter for it
yet and haven't even started to set it up..the best I could do with it
at this time is add some water and salt butI think this would be much
more harmful please help. Btw I should addthat I am getting this from a
good supplier I know they have been wellcured and safe for the tank I
am just worried about the stress on thefish plus of course the tank
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#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#If you don't already have one, I'd go to walmart and buy a 10-20 gal rubbermaid container and pump some of your tank water into it, then catch the fish and throw them in there with a powerhead. That's if it's only going to be a few hours.#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#For something that's probably only going to be a few hours, I personaly would not want to force them to re-acclimate to different water twice in such a short period of time.#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#BR#ed_cl#I'd also take my time while redoing the tank to cause as little disturbance as possible. Put the live sand in a small container and lower it all the way into the tank before dumping it out etc. Don't just sprinkle it at the top #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#
never thought of that angle that way they won't be stressed changing
water drive time and all should only take a few hours to set things up
let debreas settle and yeah dumping sand not a good idea.. I think that
will work thanks allot it makes the most sense
#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#I think a 10gal cheap rubbermaid container is the most important piece of equipment I have. Can't think of how many times I've used it to save a spill (usually when my new plumbing idea tries to defy the laws of gravity), or to isolate some bad live rock or damsel (grrrrr).#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#Also, if you stir up much of your sand and live rock, make sure to do an Ammonia-nitrite check before putting the fish back in. DSB's are great, right up intil you stir them around.#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#
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