Hi all im Brand Spanking new to this Forum and after lots of googling i thought this would be a good place to start my Adveture into the Keeping of Lake Malawi cichlids...
right I have Kept Tropical Fish on/off for the last 15 years or so and sold my last tank (juwel 125 Communitgy tank) 2 years ago as i was moving house, anyway I have Just Purchased a juwel Fision 180 with 23 Malawi Cichlids, £200 worth (not sure of weight) of Ocean rock with a sand Base :dancing: i dont pick it up until sunday (cant wait im sooooo frickin excited!) anyways Im gonna keep the filter wet, keep as much of the tank water as possible although realistically that will only be about a 3rd of it and then race the 30 miles back home and get it set back up as quick as possible!! right my first concern is the massive water change thats obviously gonna have to take place during the move i mean you wouldnt do a water change of that scale unless it was absolutely necessary! what do i do with the water? just treat it with water conditioner? from the research *** done it seems PH is important in a set up of these types of fish so would i need to add ph also to the water? secondly as its being set up fully stocked im unsure what maintainence i should do to the water/filter etc while its establishing itself after the move, do i leave the bacteria to build up in the filter, water etc or would it be beneficial to keep doing small water changes? any help anyone could give me would be much appreciated, also i should have added it has an extra external 205 fluval filter for extra filtration thank you!
right I have Kept Tropical Fish on/off for the last 15 years or so and sold my last tank (juwel 125 Communitgy tank) 2 years ago as i was moving house, anyway I have Just Purchased a juwel Fision 180 with 23 Malawi Cichlids, £200 worth (not sure of weight) of Ocean rock with a sand Base :dancing: i dont pick it up until sunday (cant wait im sooooo frickin excited!) anyways Im gonna keep the filter wet, keep as much of the tank water as possible although realistically that will only be about a 3rd of it and then race the 30 miles back home and get it set back up as quick as possible!! right my first concern is the massive water change thats obviously gonna have to take place during the move i mean you wouldnt do a water change of that scale unless it was absolutely necessary! what do i do with the water? just treat it with water conditioner? from the research *** done it seems PH is important in a set up of these types of fish so would i need to add ph also to the water? secondly as its being set up fully stocked im unsure what maintainence i should do to the water/filter etc while its establishing itself after the move, do i leave the bacteria to build up in the filter, water etc or would it be beneficial to keep doing small water changes? any help anyone could give me would be much appreciated, also i should have added it has an extra external 205 fluval filter for extra filtration thank you!