so I moved my Betta is a pretty ten gallon tank along side 2 albino cries and 4 tetras.
By the end of the night, one tetra was swimmin verticle! When I poked him, he swam upside down.
Uh oh, swim bladder problems. So I put him in his own encloser and sure enough he was a goner the next morning (looked like his bladder expanded out of his body...) I was also missing another, whom floated to the surface when I put in 4 new tetras (he was also missing an eye). So 2 died overnight and I added 4 more.
I left the bag in the water for a little over half an hour because I was cooking dinner, and all of the levels are fine, filtration is good, betta and cories are happy.
But all my tetras right now seem to be hacing problems swimming horizontal. I'm not sure if they're 'drinking' air or just not able to sink. When I poke the glass they swim away fine, but end up near the top again. They were ok at the pet store, too, all schooled together in the corner.
Should I just not buy tetras from that store anymore cuz they end up defective, or what? I'm fine with 2 cories and a betta (in which my cories are sleeping right now) and my betta was my first fish, but I'm upset I spent... let' see... 8x5.. 40$ on tetras to have them not last a day.
By the end of the night, one tetra was swimmin verticle! When I poked him, he swam upside down.
Uh oh, swim bladder problems. So I put him in his own encloser and sure enough he was a goner the next morning (looked like his bladder expanded out of his body...) I was also missing another, whom floated to the surface when I put in 4 new tetras (he was also missing an eye). So 2 died overnight and I added 4 more.
I left the bag in the water for a little over half an hour because I was cooking dinner, and all of the levels are fine, filtration is good, betta and cories are happy.
But all my tetras right now seem to be hacing problems swimming horizontal. I'm not sure if they're 'drinking' air or just not able to sink. When I poke the glass they swim away fine, but end up near the top again. They were ok at the pet store, too, all schooled together in the corner.
Should I just not buy tetras from that store anymore cuz they end up defective, or what? I'm fine with 2 cories and a betta (in which my cories are sleeping right now) and my betta was my first fish, but I'm upset I spent... let' see... 8x5.. 40$ on tetras to have them not last a day.