Awesome! Glad to hear it. But remember, if the PH is always fluctuating it can shock the fish and kill it. So try not to let the PH go up and down.
I don't plan on letting things do that again. But I don't know what I did to make it happen!
Now. I have a serious, serious dilemma. I had intended on letting the new tank cycle fully before putting MY betta in it, and my mom in the already-cycled tank my fish currently inhabits.
Guide so we know which tank and wish fish we are talking about:
My tank: from-now-on called "Old Tank"
My fish: from-now-on called "Noah"
New tank: Now called "Cycling tank" or "new tank"
Mom's fish: from-now-on called "Sven"
So, in these terms, I had intended on putting Noah in the cycling/new tank when it had fully cycled and keeping in the old tank until then. I had planned on keeping Sven in his 1 gallon while the new tank cycles (but bringing him back to the apartment after my surgery). When the new tank was finished cycling, I planned on moving Noah to the new tank and Sven to the old tank.
I want to make sure you understand THAT before making suggestions about the problem.
Reminder: Sven has been suffering in a 1.5 gallon tank since mid January.
He is no longer eating. I think some of this has to do with the fact that I had to put the heater from his tank in the new tank to help the cycling. I didn’t like doing that, but I’ve reached my financial limits. And I threw the really cheap one that came with a 1 gallon I bought off a kid from our church to be my “hotel” for Noah out. I thought I had that and it got pitched.
I’m going to do a water change tomorrow. I forgot to bring fresh catappa leaves, darn it. I meant to. But I’m not hopeful he’s going to make a comeback while in this tiny, cold tank.
He has to wait until AT LEAST Saturday. There’s no way around it. Absolutely none. Surgery on Thursday, Out of hospital Friday. I want to stay with my parents one day just in case there is a complication. My town HAS a hospital but it’s a small town vs a town with 3 hospitals. Last procedure I had done I required an ambulance. I’m just… being careful.
I guess, first question… Is there any chance the new tank will be cycled by the time I get home? I added ALMOST the entire bottle of bacteria to the water. I saved just a tiny bit in case the cycle stalled. It was at 1 ppm ammonia last night.
2nd question: If it’s NOT, what do I need to do to make it safe (as safe as can be) to put Noah in it and in-fish cycle? Do I need to do a water change so there isn’t as much ammonia? I can do a sponge squeeze from the old tank. There’s one piece of décor in the old tank I can put in there, although I had to scrub it free of algae yesterday. So it may not acquire too much bacteria in less than a week.
I DEFINITELY want Noah in the new tank. For one, it’s got all silk plants (there are two plastic in the old tank) and with his eye popping out like it is I want him in a safe environment. For another, I want to watch MY fish more than Mom’s, and I spend most of the time in the living room where the new tank is. (No room in the bedroom for a long tank). Besides, putting Sven in an already-cycled tank is probably the best thing that could happen to him.
Please help me in CASE I’m not cycled yet. I don’t like the option. I don’t. I KNOW it's not the way to do it. But I think it’s Sven’s only REAL chance (if he hasn’t passed away already by Saturday). Noah has survived in-tank cycling once.. and he was WAY weaker then. (I was literally crushing pellets of food into powder when I first got him. He was too weak to crunch the tiniest of pieces of food). Thank you.
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