Jenelle

That sounds great!! I will have it down and set back up in about 6 hours or so. Thank you for the info!

Hey Everyone, I am moving from Calgary to Edmonton, I have a 50gal tank, with a Shubunkin, and Blackmores. How much of the water should I try to save so that when I set the tank up in Edmonton it wont go through the cycle process again. What can I do so that if it does cycle again to speed up the process. I am planning on putting the fish in a bucket with a lid. I am going to fill 2 rubbermaid totes with tank water, but my truck wont be able to hold much more weight than that. I am not going to clean the filter, I am going to keep as much of the good bacteria as possible. Let me know what I should do, or is there anything else I can do that I did not mention? Jenelle

Ok so I am leaving in a few hours, My friend lives next door and is very capabile of helping me out. The problem being is I dont think it is ich as only one of my black moores has the white bumps up near his gills none of the other 4 fish have it. They are more like white dots than white salt looking deposits. Ok so I have a Rena Xp3. I changed out 25% of the water this morning. I added 3 tablespoons of a. salt last night to the tank. I have a good automactic feeder, and I will leave the bubbles on all week. I will have my friend come down and check on things once a day. Because I did the water change and added the salt, When I did the water change I vacuumed the bottom to clean up the tank as much as possible, should I still have my friend add the salt over the next few days? Once I get home I will change the water 50% and vacuum and add more salt. I will add a heater and turn the tank up to about 68/70 over a few days, its about 66 right now, its a cool tank but I think you might be right about the fancier goldfish liking it a bit warmer. AWWW to be a rookie of sorts!

I moved the fish to this tank 2 weeks ago after the tank cycled, it had finished cycling when I moved the fish. I think it was just the nitirite levels as I did 25% water change and the fish are back to normal. Beacuse these are goldfish I do not have a heater in the tank, they like it a little colder. I am leaving for holidays for 10 days today so I hope all will be well when im gone. I will have a friend of mine check in on the fish, the only thing is she know nothing about fish, but just as long as they are not floating they should be ok. I will have her turn the air bubbler on for a few hours every other day just to keep the water moving (as well as the filter of course), until I get back. I wish there was a fish sitting serive out there!!! Here to hoping.

I also have ich that I am going to treat, so I will do all this right now.

Yes I started it about a month ago, I just added salt to the tank and I will turn the air pump on. I will do a water change right now. Thanks for the tip.

I have a 55 gal tank. I have 2 Black Moors, One Red Oranda, and a Shubunkin. They are all at the top of the tank breathing?? I had my water tested the other day and its great, perfect levels. I have had these fish for about 2 years now in a smaller tank, 20 gal. Any suggestions on what they are doing? What can I do for them? This has only started two days ago, otherwise I have never seen this. Oh and its not for a few minutes here and there, its all the time.

i got it to work

I got a Rena xP3 filter from my buddy and I am having a hard time getting it to run. I know it works but I cant get it to work. I put in the form 20 and 30 filters then I put in the clay hexagons and a course gravel, then carbon then I put in filter floss. (I am thinking that it might be to much and the water cant get through, but i put the media in as per what the system says and according to the guy a Pisces.) Ok so now I have hooked up all the hoses and clamps poured water in to the canister, until nearly full, plugged it in and started pouring water down the intake hose to get the system going. BUT there is no water coming out of the outake and on water coming in the intake except for the water that i am putting in. Once in a while I get a flurry of bubbles coming from the outake into the tank but no stream of water. CAN ANYONE HELP ME??? I am not sure how long to run the unit because I dont want to burn out the motor, i run it for about 5 min or so while i am pouring the water in. The unit makes a throbbing noise, you can tell it is trying to go. Please help me, should I run the unit longer? is there air getting in that is not allowing the unit to pump? Jenelle

Where can I buy parts and filter media for my Rena Filter in Calgary? Jenelle

Very cool

I didn't know that they were just for show but it makes since! Jenelle

Petcetra is going out of business, check there, they have everything in store for at least 20% off. Jenelle