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I was out when it happened - my mother came to get me and said "your fish tank burst" and I said oh crap and came over - so it was spraying water all over the place so i caught my fish and put them in a bucket with the water that came out of their tank. The old tank was 29 gallons. I was just sort of hoping the water would stay warm enough. So i ran to walmart because it was the only place i knew of with fish tanks at 11 o clock at night. The only 29 gal tanks they had were kits, and i have everything anyway, and it was like 100 bucks, so i just bought a ten gallon for 10 bucks and put all my fish in there without gravel or anything. I hooked up my aquaclear filter system, but not the undergravel filter, and i hooked up my heater. i put some plants in, too, because i think the fish would start fighting. I have 4 irridescent sharks, 1 parrot cichlid that i only got tonight, 3 pink kissing gouramis, and a pleco thats about 4 inches. Tmw i'm getting a new tank. Suggestions? Thanks

The most important thing is that you correctly used the existing water, and tried to keep it the same temperature. This minimizes adaption shock damage to the fish. Fish can adapt somewhat to new conditions and they are fairly good at adapting to different or smaller spaces. Fish are less able to adapt to changing water conditions (water quality, hardness or software, bacterial level) and temperature. Try to make all water changes gradual.

A small amount of gravel will be useful, but this can wait until you get the new tank. Your fish are less aggressive ones; I don't anticipate any problems.

They should be fine for a short period just hurry and get a bigger tank this week.

you should not leave them in that small tank for to long it. it is a shock to them to have all that room from the 29 gal than to be put into a teeny tiny 10 gal tank.

Maybe add some hiding-type places too, just to keep them from fighting - like empty containers with access holes. But otherwise I think you did totally right!

First, it seems like you really care about your fish..kudos! Second, it seems like you know exactly what you are doing. Don't worry about the cichlid, he will come around!