Today my 20Gallon tank showed a whooping 100F and a heater that wouldn't shut off.
All of the fish died. An Golden Algae Eater and a expansive fish (i have no mood to try to remember its name) where the only survivers. Its funny they seem to be happy even at such hot temperature. I presume that they ate the corpse of the neon tetra that I couldn't find.
Before I tell u my real problems, I must say that these fishes had been with me for over 1 year and I feel very unhappy that they can no longer be with me.
Now I want to start a new 40-50 gallon tank, (with a digital heater this time!)
The problems:
I want to put the new tank where the current one is. But this means that I must move the 20 gallon tank. Now moving the tank is easy if there are no fish/water in it, but I can't move such a heavy tank and my surviving fish needs to live in it while the new tank is cycled.
My house is small, so I only have 1 suitable place for a big tank (where my current one is). I plan to move the tank with 3/4 water and take out the gravels and decorations. Althought so many fish died this morning, the water looks clean and the filter is only 1 week old. I have no plans to remove the fish from the current until the new one is fully cycled.
How heavy do u think 15 gallons of water is? I remember it is something like 2 ibs per gallon or something. What things should I look into?
All of the fish died. An Golden Algae Eater and a expansive fish (i have no mood to try to remember its name) where the only survivers. Its funny they seem to be happy even at such hot temperature. I presume that they ate the corpse of the neon tetra that I couldn't find.
Before I tell u my real problems, I must say that these fishes had been with me for over 1 year and I feel very unhappy that they can no longer be with me.
Now I want to start a new 40-50 gallon tank, (with a digital heater this time!)
The problems:
I want to put the new tank where the current one is. But this means that I must move the 20 gallon tank. Now moving the tank is easy if there are no fish/water in it, but I can't move such a heavy tank and my surviving fish needs to live in it while the new tank is cycled.
My house is small, so I only have 1 suitable place for a big tank (where my current one is). I plan to move the tank with 3/4 water and take out the gravels and decorations. Althought so many fish died this morning, the water looks clean and the filter is only 1 week old. I have no plans to remove the fish from the current until the new one is fully cycled.
How heavy do u think 15 gallons of water is? I remember it is something like 2 ibs per gallon or something. What things should I look into?
