I think the Peru piraiba bit up the vultures overnight. Should have moved the vultures to the 1800 gal instead of the 4500 gal or at least should have left pipes and nets, as I usually do, in the 4500 gal overnight or for a few days to give the newcomers an easier time to adjust to the new tank with...

Awesome stuff, Kirk, as always. Thank you!

...Don't put too much reliance on the test kit results, both TAN ammonia (NH3 / NH4+) and nitrate (NO3-) are much more problematic to test for than most aquarium based literature acknowledges. I've got a bit of jaundiced view of the vendors of sale kits... Thank you Darrel for this. IDK if my memor...