55 Gallon Rebuild

[FishGuest5123]

Stick the new fish in their own tank for a month while they are quarantined.

If you set up the new tank with an established filter, you can move fish into it straight away.

Perfect! Thanks so much!

 

[FishGuest5123]

Probably a couple weeks. You can add safe start to help it along too

No need for Safe Start because I seeded the filter with used filter media which already had nitrifying bacteria on it.

 

[Retired Viking]

Sounds like you have have it under control, I just picked up my plants yesterday and have them sitting in a couple of buckets myself. Since there are no fish with them I add some flourish to start them off

 

[FishGuest5123]

@Colin_T, @Byron my 16 new neon tetras will be here Friday. If I put them in the new tank, can I add new cories at the same time? I understand they normally don’t get ich but if the tetras do, can the cories handle the heat increase? Should I hold off on ordering cories? P.S. - I have some water lettuce, anacharis, a moss ball, and a anubias in the tank. Waiting for more anacharis, another sword, and anubias to arrive.

 

[Colin_T]

Neon tetras are always a risk when buying them. They are either good or bad. If they are bad they could introduce a bacterial infection, if they are good they won't have any problems. If they introduce neon disease or another bacterial infection, it will be a problem for the Corydoras when you treat the neons.

As for heat, Corydoras are fine at 30C (86F) for a couple of weeks.

I would get the neons and put them in a smaller quarantine tank or the big tank, and get Corydoras after the neons are cleared.

 

[FishGuest5123]

Neon tetras are always a risk when buying them. They are either good or bad. If they are bad they could introduce a bacterial infection, if they are good they won't have any problems. If they introduce neon disease or another bacterial infection, it will be a problem for the Corydoras when you treat the neons.

As for heat, Corydoras are fine at 30C (86F) for a couple of weeks.

I would get the neons and put them in a smaller quarantine tank or the big tank, and get Corydoras after the neons are cleared.

Will do. Thanks again. Never had cories and don’t want to kill them.

 

[Byron]

@Colin_T, @Byron my 16 new neon tetras will be here Friday. If I put them in the new tank, can I add new cories at the same time? I understand they normally don’t get ich but if the tetras do, can the cories handle the heat increase? Should I hold off on ordering cories? P.S. - I have some water lettuce, anacharis, a moss ball, and a anubias in the tank. Waiting for more anacharis, another sword, and anubias to arrive.

Cories will get ich. But yes, they can withstand the increased temperature. A few years ago I had mine at 86F/30C for two weeks, and with salt in the water (it was a particularly stubborn infection though there were no spots externally, and Neale Monks suggested the treatment and it worked). I increased surface disturbance too. The cories (some 50 wild caught fish) did not even breach the surface much, which rather surprised me as I expected they would with the salt and higher temp. So when it is essential, OK. Any of the medications sold to deal with ich will cause far more harm to cories (and most other fish too for that matter), so I avoid all of them.

 

[FishGuest5123]

Cories will get ich. But yes, they can withstand the increased temperature. A few years ago I had mine at 86F/30C for two weeks, and with salt in the water (it was a particularly stubborn infection though there were no spots externally, and Neale Monks suggested the treatment and it worked). I increased surface disturbance too. The cories (some 50 wild caught fish) did not even breach the surface much, which rather surprised me as I expected they would with the salt and higher temp. So when it is essential, OK. Any of the medications sold to deal with ich will cause far more harm to cories (and most other fish too for that matter), so I avoid all of them.

Thanks for all the help. I have no experience with these little guys.

 

[FishGuest5123]

Ok, gang. The tank is cycled and stable. All I need are my fish. Tetras will be here Thursday and cories on Monday. Pics once they are here!

 

[JuiceBox52]

Ok, gang. The tank is cycled and stable. All I need are my fish. Tetras will be here Thursday and cories on Monday. Pics once they are here!

Yay!!

 

[FishGuest5123]

Part of my new babies just came in...

 

[JuiceBox52]

Part of my new babies just came in...

Yay!!!

 

[AquaBarb]

Part of my new babies just came in...

How have they settled in Deanasue?

 

[FishGuest5123]

Haven’t lost any but some do have ich due to shipping & stress. I usually treat with heat/salt but because I have cories coming I decided to try Cory’s advice from Aquarium Co-op and try Ich-X. Fish are all doing well and on day 3 of treatment. Decided to add a bit of salt and raise the temp to speed up the life cycle. These are in the main tank so need to clear it up quick. Looks like cories are going to QT tank after all since I added salt. Never have had this issue with any fish shipped but I am dealing with Neon’s this time. Good news is all are healthy, swimming, and eating.

 

[Byron]

Haven’t lost any but some do have ich due to shipping & stress. I usually treat with heat/salt but because I have cories coming I decided to try Cory’s advice from Aquarium Co-op and try Ich-X. Fish are all doing well and on day 3 of treatment. Decided to add a bit of salt and raise the temp to speed up the life cycle. These are in the main tank so need to clear it up quick. Looks like cories are going to QT tank after all since I added salt. Never have had this issue with any fish shipped but I am dealing with Neon’s this time. Good news is all are healthy, swimming, and eating.

Corydoras will tolerate heat, and heat plus salt, far better than any chemical Ich treatment. So says Ian Fuller of Corydoras World, and Neale Monks. I had no losses with heat and salt, on my 50 wild caught cories for two weeks.

As a general thing, never use preparation treatments with Corydoras or characins unless it is the most effective and safest...and when heat or heat plus salt will work, that is always safer.

EDIT. Just wanted to say that I am not suggesting this product will harm the fish, only that it is far more likely to be more stressful for them than the heat, or heat plus salt.