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to: ROBBY DITTMANN
from: KAZ LANGRIDGE
date: 1997-01-12 14:48:00
subject: need help

Hi Robby,
Robby Dittmann wrote in a message to Greg Kreaps:
 RD> Another thing that might be your problem is that any new tank
 RD> should be up and running for at least a week before you add any
 RD> fish.
A week seems a very short time. Before now I've been able to leave a pond for 
just a week before all the water quality tests came out OK but in my 
experience tanks can take as long as 6 weeks before they are safe to put fish 
in.
The water quality tests did show as OK before that (after a week or so) but 
it was 6 weeks before the water quality was stable when fish were introduced. 
Before the 6 weeks as soon as fish were introduced the levels of ammonia, 
nitrates and nitrite went through the roof. This was in a cold water tank 
that was stocked with small (2 inch) koi.
Regards,
Kaz 
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