And once you have it at ground, it literally looks like some evil entity was
removed from the system, the fish color back up in about 30 minutes and really
look like they're relaxed and sorta saying "What the _at_#$# was that!" :)
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeremy Tiemann
Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 11:38 AM
To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
Subject: Re: NANFA-- swimming upstream, and fish color question
H2O is good according to every instrument I have ever used (I try new
instruments out on my tanks before I head to the streams). This tank
has been this way for years (since I picked it up in '97).
>--- Jeremy Tiemann <jtiemann_at_inhs.uiuc.edu> wrote:
>> Here is a question that some might be able to answer. Senerio:
>>
>> Three tanks (30 gal, 35 gal, and 10 gal) with everything from the
>> same location (e.g. water, fish, substrate, mussel valves, food,
>> etc.), and ratios for the tank are all the same. Everything is the
>> same except location (living room, living room, bedroom,
>> respectively) I cannot ever keep fish color in my 35 gal. I can
>> transplant fish from one tank to another, and when they are in the 35
>> gal... POOF... no color. The only thing that I can think of is
>> chemicals in the sealant. Any comments?
>
>Sounds like bad water quality in the 35 gallon. It could be
>dead or dying snails in your substrate.
>
>Is breaking the tank down, rinsing the gravel, washing out
>the tank (perhaps with baking soda) and setting the tank up
>again an option?
>
>If not, I would suggest vaccuming the gravel in the 35 really
>well. Throw away the foam or filter pads and add new ones.
>
>Sajjad
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