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Just a question of curiosity, I'm suppose to transfer my sick angel to my hospital tank. The question is that my hospital tank ph is 8.0 and my main tank is 6.8. If I WERE to transfer the fish what can the impacts on the fish if the ph difference is not fixed?

Curious,
Gee

P.S: The temp ammonia nitrItes nitraAtes are Same and
I'm gonna dose ph down liquid.]

Gee

!!I think I just learned somthing new!!

Well if you are transfering the fish to a diff tank with a diff pH its kinda like buying a new fish from the lfs. Your pH may not be the same as the lfs, that's why you acclimate the fish. Do that before you put the fish into the hospital tank. I wouldn't really use any chemicals to lower the pH, but that's my opinion. Fish in their normal habitats can withstand pH changes, since the pH changes when it rains. But a big change in pH could have some effects such as stress.

Last edited by ericm at 04-Dec-2004 18:21

That will effect tremendosly. Im kinda againt ph down not that its bad or anything. But that the less chemicals in the water the better. If you could filter through peat. Or get some water with a low ph and add that water when you do water changes that would help IMo hthfsih1

why don't you just replace the water in your Q-tank with water from the main tank?

Last edited by everweird at 04-Dec-2004 20:55

why don't you just replace the water in your Q-tank with water from the main tank?

Not a bad idea but if theres a disease in the tank he wont always be able to do that. It would just be like moving the fish into a smaller tank

Not a bad idea but if theres a disease in the tank he wont always be able to do that. It would just be like moving the fish into a smaller tank

yea, and that is why he needs to treat it. If it were a water disease, putting it in different water mostlikely wolnt sure it, AND his other fish would be sick.

If the waters diseased (ie with ich) then then the main tank needs to be treated. I would not reccomend dosing PH liquid, they don't work and causes fluctuations in the ph that will cause stress as well.

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Babel is right, I've used some of those liquid pH up/down products. They really do not work well, and leave your pH VERY unstable, you might bright it down to 6.8 but the next day it could be back up to 8.0!

Depending on what the problem is, use the water from the orginial tank and add it to the q-tank. But if you have some community desease, where it could be affecting all the fish, then just treat THAT whole tank.

Altering pH is best done with something like driftwood, or peat moss/granuals, and I personally also like the Seachem products, I use their Acid Buffer here and it works well, no pH swings, I just have to add in the appropriate amount any time I do a water change.

Thx all for the useful info! I've learnt some stuff. My angel just got fungus from secondary infrcations because of a lil braw with other fish well he seem really active in my q-tank now, really active but the fin hasn't really healed yet. Time will tell

Thx again!

Gee

Gee

!!I think I just learned somthing new!!

Good luck on the fungal infection BigGee168, they do sometimes take a while to treat. IME they require a strong medication first, then melafix if you wish after the fungus has been treated. By itself melafix really isn't enough to get the fungus quickly enough, but it does do quite well with aiding in the final healing process.

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