[panics] mk, i just got home n my mother proudly presented me with my fish tank, that she'd just cleaned thouroughly...completely. there wasnt a speck of dirt anywhere. all the gravels been thouroughly cleaned, the plants have been cleaned, the tank has been cleaned, and it has completely new water. 100% of it. aside from that, she decided the filter was getting smelly and cleaned it with eucalyptus oil. thankfully she hasnt re-installed it in my tank, and shes left my fish outta the tank so far cause she thought i might wanna reintroduce them to the tank. im freaking out though...last time i did a thourough clean like that 1 of my fishes died...i dont want the others to die! is it bad to introduce them into such a shockingly clean tank with no bacteria etc? and will the filter kill them? (even though i rinsed and scrubbed at it to try and get rid of euc. oil traces)...what should i do? my poor fish are sitting in a container waiting for their new home, but will it kill them?
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Your mom has unwittingly caused your tank to lose a large majority of it's biofilter. Your fish in the bowl are suffering as well. You need to take some of the new water and mix it in the bowl, and slowly do small water changes from the tank to the bowl and back again to acclimate. Do this over about an hour's time. You will want to get a new filter pad obviously, since you don't want the oil in your water. You will also want to get a test kit for ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate so that you will have some handle on your tank's cycling. Tell your mom that future help should be supervised by yourself, and maybe you can get your mom more interested in your hobby. Email me if you have any questions.
You have to wait for the tank to cycle and sometimes wait for weeks..but theres another solution....go buy some bacteria from your pet shop and put 10mg at first...then leave the tank working for 1 day and put your fish in...then for 10 days put 5mg every day...if you introduce them now they will probably die or get disease ...cya!
Put an air stone in your temp tank and a heater if its cool. Try not to change the temp too quickly. They will survive as long as you do more regular water changes (I suggest 5% a day would keep the nitrogen cycle going and the waste in check for now)
Start your new tank like its new. I dont know about eucalyptus oil on a filter but I would toss it, or not install it till you have the cash to change it. When you do water changes on your temp tanks use that used water in the regular tank to speed the nitrogen cycle up.
Dont freek, nows the time to be calm.
Boy, thats a tough situation, obviously the sponge or whatever you are using for the filter will have to be replaced, aside from that you will have no choice but to get the fish back into the tank again, maybe get lots of stresscoat for the aquarium so there is lots of slime in the tank, good luck,
You are never suppose to do full water cleans NEVER. Unless you have a back up tank.
You basically killed off all the bacteria and last time this happened the ammonia killed your fish, your going to have to cycle it again which will take around 4 weeks. If you put your fish in it now the waste they produce will cause the tank to have a bacteria bloom causing it to turn cloudy and the ammonia will go sky high killing some of your fish.
Ditto to fivespeed
Also don't forget to condition the water in your tank
EB
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P.S.: for nert
she didn't clean the tank, can't you read?
well if your near any petstore go to it and ask for "cycle"
it helps rush the whole cycling process and reduces the amount of shock from new water id say just put a lot of that
and monitor your fish for any illnesses after
thats the best you can do and next time tell your mom not to do the suprise cleaning thing again
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