complete Change?

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I have kept my 2 goldfish in a small starter tank & finally have abig tank. how do i completly switch them in? all new water. with fresh clean things. Bad?. Shock?. If i Can get the water temp the same as the Old One. & if i Can put them drops In-. Will They Be Okey with The complete changee?. Someone on Here said Never do a 100% water change. well. Im not putting there Junky Old water in the new tank. So Help???!!!. fish Ppl

Answer 1

you need to cycle the tank if you don't want to risk your the ives of your fish. read about it here:
http://www.kokosgoldfish.com/FishlessCycle.html

once your tank is cycled, then put your goldfish in the bags of water from the tank they're in now and float that in the water of the new tank for an hour, adding a spoonful of then new tank water to their water every 15mins. then just dump them in or scoop them with a net your choice.

Answer 2

Like the others have said. If you start fresh you have to cycle the tank again which can cause problems. Put your fish and the water in a bucket. Transfer the gravel or some of it into new tank along with filter as this carrys the good benificail bacteria. Then add some fresh clean treated water and add the new fish and the water from the bucket into new tank. Top up with more clean treated water if needed. If you want to use a new filter you can either run them both in new tank for a month or transfer your media out the old one into new one to boost start it. Ive just done this my self and the gunky water (old) doesnt effect your new tank, it will still look clean providing your filter is a good filter. You may need to allow a couple of hours for water to settle.

Answer 3

It may sound strange, but their "junky old water" is the absolute best thing you could put into their tank. Along with their junky old gravel and their junky old filter. Those junky old things have lots of good bacteria living in them that are absolutely necessary to keep fish healthy. Just add enough new water to fill up the tank, but be sure to put some dechlorinator in it first and you might want to think about adding some Bio-Spira to add additional bacteria into the tank. Without this beneficial bacteria that lives in all this junky old stuff, your ammonia and nitrite levels will shoot through the roof and poison all of your fish. KylieAnne gave you the link to Kokos World for fishless cycling. Once you understand about the cycling process, you will better understand why all that junky old stuff is good. I'm glad you got your fish a bigger tank and that you only have two. But, even with a larger tank and only two fish, you are still a little overcrowded and it's going to become more and more overcrowded. The rule for goldfish is a minimum of 10 gallons of water per fish. Anyway, good luck with your new tank and think about getting at least a 30 gallon as soon as you can. Take care!

Answer 4

Let the water in the new tank sit over night. The temp will be the same as the starter tank. Also, sitting over night will allow the chlorine to evaporate naturally so you don't have to use drops to get it out.

If you use a bit of your old water you'll "seed" the tank with bacteria so it will boost it into it's cycling. If you're not familiar with that term it is when a tank builds up organic materials, feeding beneficial bacteria, starting a colony of that bacteria. You want that bacteria because it feeds on nasty chemicals, turing them into less nasty chemicals.

You should be fine placing the fish in the new tank like that.

Kev

Answer 5

depending on how big the tank is..(providing you get rid of the chlorine) you should be ok. although you may not want to...using the old water will help your new tank cycle much quicker..you have lots of helpful bacteria in your old water. believe it or not..your old water is good for your fish in many ways. not sure of the size of your new tank but you said large..if you dont have too many fish..the ammonia levels prob wont reach critical levels. i highly recommend putting most of your old water in tank or at least half of it..

Answer 6

Set up the new tank with the air and filtration.
Leave it running for 24 hours. By then the Chlorine will have naturally evaporated and the temp will be correct. Then just change them over.
Goldfish are tough little guys. They will be fine.

Answer 7

Please DO read about the steps you need to take to set up a new fish tank.
DO use the old water, gravel, filter, etc. if possible.
DON'T be in a hurry to throw your fish into a completely new environment.

Answer 8

Just hopeless.