Recently my saltwater fish died during the move of my tank. The tank included a 2 ft bamboo shark, a 3 pound grouper, a dogface puffer, and a cowfish. I understand that the puffer and cow are poisionous fish. I drained out as much water as I could. 1. Was draining all the water necessary? 2. What steps should be taken next to insure that the water is not contaminated for future setup?
sorry for the lose man..........did you lose everything?
If so - - then I would just drain it completely and start fresh
if you have a survivor, then dilution is the solution, drain as much as you safely can, refill with clean water and do water changes every couple days {10-20%} for a couple weeks and test daily ....watch the survivor and test daily, keep testing for at least a week or two past the point that you think it's safe..........
of the best thing to do with a survivor if you can would be a smaller nurse tank and restart the main display if you can
again ....sorry for the lose ...it sucks ...we have all lost some or in my case I crashed a tank completely myself, so your not alone bud
Yeah it does suck, unfortunately there were no survivors. But what can you do? I did drain out all the water and have taken a little break to recover from what has happened. The tank is now completely empty and now I have to decide on what kinda of setup I want to go with. The tank is 8' ft long X 2 ft wide X 2 1/2 tall. It is 300 gallons and drilled with overflow in the center. Any suggestions?
wow - - thats an awsome size .........i would set it back up with salt water and let it run for a couple months, in the mean time you can research the direction you want to go - -a small tank sets up just like a big tank, only the smaller ones are a little more critical on parameters because of size..........personally i am planning a large DIY tank and plan on "reefing" the two ends and haveing an open area in the middle
