Archive for July, 2010
Holey Rock
Friday, July 30th, 2010
I have a 45 gallon fish tank that has sat around for 2 years. What should I do before I get it going again?
It was used with a great set up of Texas Cichlids and holey rock. I want to get the tank going again but want to be sure it is cleaned up real good before starting the cycle and buying new fish. Is there something i should do other than bleach clean the tank. I have two pumps attached to an under gravel filter and a bio-wheel. can they be re-used. I did have an ick problem once.
Don’t use bleach…residue will harm your fish. Instead use really hot water and a lot of elbow grease. You can use very dilute vinegar if you cannot get all the hard water scale off with water alone. Razor blades are also helpful. I’d change your Filter Media and rinse with hot water, but otherwise everything should be fine. The ick cannot survive out of water so it’s not a worry.
When you do start your tank, consider doing a fishless cycle (adding an ammonia source until you have 5ppm and testing the water until you have readings of 0ppm for both ammonia and nitrite; this will build up the beneficial bacteria in your filter media and on your substrate to prevent fish damage and loss during the cycle). After the fishless cycle, do a large water change (about 80%) then test the water a day later and if ammonia and nitrite are still 0ppm, which they should be, you’re good to stock.
If you can find Bio-Spira or someone with old filter media/gravel from a tank that’s currently running you can greatly speed up the cycle.
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