OUCH! I got bit by the Tropheus Bug

[mark razmandi]

the tropheus bug has bitten me.....where do i need to start

[aggrofishkeeper]

Give your Geos away, or get a bigger tank preferably a 125g 6ft.

Do some research on Tropheus keeping,

Then prepare to sell a body part to buy a colony.

[mark razmandi]

na im keeping my geos, i love em....im talking about getting another tank and didnt know the preffered size and filtration etc etc

[aggrofishkeeper]

na im keeping my geos, i love em....im talking about getting another tank and didnt know the preffered size and filtration etc etc

Get a wet/dry trickle filter at least holding 5g of bio balls, a pump. A decent size canister filter maybe a Eheim 2217. And at least a 75g, but the bigger the better.

[mark razmandi]

hmmm well if i do this i think id get a 175 or so but id want to move my 90 upstairs and put the 175 where my 90 is....how do i move a tank with fish in it upstairs? lol obviously drain it but what do i do with the fish.

[aggrofishkeeper]

hmmm well if i do this i think id get a 175 or so but id want to move my 90 upstairs and put the 175 where my 90 is....how do i move a tank with fish in it upstairs? lol obviously drain it but what do i do with the fish.

Put them in a bucket, hook a portable bubble maker up to it and do your thing....

[mark razmandi]

its alright to have 100% new water in the tank after i get it upstairs?

[aggrofishkeeper]

its alright to have 100% new water in the tank after i get it upstairs?

No, not really. I would look into getting some live bacteria solution and do not clean your filters.

[gotticgs]

lol once you get your first colony ,those geos will be history!


one colony here, one colony there.....

[aggrofishkeeper]

lol once you get your first colony ,those geos will be history!


one colony here, one colony there.....

Exactly...

Then you find yourself living on the shore lines of Lake Tanganyika. Lol

[mark razmandi]

lol now im scared haha

[Nickintex]

Resistance is futile! You have now been assimilated.

[gotticgs]

dude I am serious my cyps are fixing to get evicted

[supadave]

its alright to have 100% new water in the tank after i get it upstairs?

Take some of the old water out of the tank before you drain it completely. Put fish into bucket with air pump. Move filters over to another tank while you move the tank upstairs. Once tank is upstairs, fill , and filters and fish, and you are done. 100% new water won't hurt as long as you have a well established filter. I have done this countless times, so I know it works.:emt_thumbs:

[aggrofishkeeper]

Yup, them damn Tropheus are a whole another level of fish keeping.

So, supadave you know fresh tap water can damage or destroy bacteria established in a filter right?