Goldfish Feeders

[joemalu]

Originally Posted by rednude

Yes yoAro. feeder goldfishes and gar.
I think I shall just let my new tank water keep running constantly for a few days. And my anti chlorine is blue in color.
Do you all have any recommendations of anti chlorine that is colorless and good? I think I nearly pour like 1/5 of the bottle of anti-chlorine from a 3.5L bottle

Seachem Safe ftw

seachem safe solution? I am using Seachem Matrix as my media. It controls ammonia, and nitrite and nitrate. I do also have other medias in my canister which does the same purpose. But till now I am still unsure why my goldfish feeder still can die.
The only thing that is not in my canister is the coral chips.
3 rolls of media, and 2 rolls of forms...
And I am also using Azoo Plus for freshwater (Supreme Bioguard). It is effective for my other tank but not the new one. (I think so)

[yoAro]

Leave the tank running with some source of ammonia, and let nature takes its course...
it should become cloudy in a couples of days time and will turns clear when the bb is working. Then u can measure for ammonia and nitrite reading, not forgetting pH also. If all are ok, then add some fishes to test out for 1 to 2 days, follow by more livestock...

Ok thanks alot for the advice. Umm what kind of source of ammonia? Is it ok if i took my fish poo from my other tank and put into my new tank to see the effect?

[yoAro]

Actually there are alot of choices, but I would prefer something like prawn head..

I see. Btw... If overpouring of anti-chlorine solution into the tank, will it affect the condition of the water too?

[llewellyn]

Get an old wool which is filled with your fishes dirt and put it in the new tank.
You get ammonia and beneficial bacteria which was from the old tank just by that piece of wool.

IC thanks.. But i am using a canister lei. my other tank is an OHF.
My tank water is filled with chlorine smell... -.-