I need help quickly :(

[shrub125]

So i just transferred my 8 month old tank to a bigger aquarium, and the water is still cloudy from the sand i added!
My fish are in a bucket on the floor, They have been acclimating for a few hours now, i dont know what to do, can i add them to the tank!!?!??!

 

[al&burke]

Have you tested the water in the new tank?

 

[al&burke]

By acclimating are you already putting water from the new tank into the bucket of fish.

 

[shrub125]

Yes i am, i am drip acclimating. I havent tested the water, but i just am not sure if it is alright for them to be in such clouded water

 

[al&burke]

i would check the water first, but it might be too late since you already started acclimating them. How are they looking, what kind of fish are they.
Do you have two threads going with the same question?

 

[shrub125]

Its a clown fish and a yellow wrasse, 2 urchins and snails, and yes i do, because nobody was answering, and i needed an answer fast

 

[al&burke]

Have you tested the water with your test kits, the cloudy water won't hurt the fish.

 

[flower]

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Originally Posted by Shrub125 http:///forum/thread/382054/i-need-help-quickly#post_3331802
Its a clown fish and a yellow wrasse, 2 urchins and snails, and yes i do, because nobody was answering, and i needed an answer fast

I have to go to work....was your sand turned by a goby or some other means? Test your water. If it is JUST cloudy because sand hasn't settled...your fish are fine. However if it is cloudy because you released toxins from an unturned sand bed...that is a different matter and bigger than I can help with.
If it is toxins..water changes are needed and run some carbon. Can you get to LFS to buy water premixed? That would be my route..to replace the bad cloudy water.

 

[shrub125]

I dont believe that it is toxins, its just clouded water from my new sand, i just didnt know if my fish would be okay in it, but i'm putting them in now.

 

[flower]

Fish can handle sand storms..they will be fine