phreeky
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Seems I have had a whole lot of bad luck. Had only a small tank (~26L, 7gal) 2 weeks ago, went and got a bigger tank (~140L, 36gal) and started setting up.
Anyway used some stuff from the old tank (old tank still in use) to get the cycle going (filter material mostly). Left for a few days, thought it'd all be ok (I didn't have a test kit - bad I know), put 4 swords in.
2 days later two are dead, so I throw the other two in the small tank for a day and go get a test kit. Amonia: 0, Nitrite: 0, pH: 7.2. All looks ok to me, only thing I can think of is the tank is quite empty, maybe they're stressed from having nowhere to hide?
So I throw some stuff in (mostly drift wood), and put the other two back in. All going sweet for a week and a half, they look happy and stuff (before they would stick to the sides and swim back and forth real fast, but now were swimming all around and stuff, coming up for a food etc).
Then this morning and wake up, and one of the remaining swords is sitting next to the tank. He has managed to jump a couple of inches out of the tank!
Really disappointed, not to mention I didn't think she could/would jump that high! So I have a lonely male sword remaining.
I'm thinking of getting a few more swords, couple of small clown loaches and something else (not sure what yet). Thoughts? I have limited choice in this town (5 stores with fish, and 1500km to the next biggest city ), so maybe just some tetras.
Anyway used some stuff from the old tank (old tank still in use) to get the cycle going (filter material mostly). Left for a few days, thought it'd all be ok (I didn't have a test kit - bad I know), put 4 swords in.
2 days later two are dead, so I throw the other two in the small tank for a day and go get a test kit. Amonia: 0, Nitrite: 0, pH: 7.2. All looks ok to me, only thing I can think of is the tank is quite empty, maybe they're stressed from having nowhere to hide?
So I throw some stuff in (mostly drift wood), and put the other two back in. All going sweet for a week and a half, they look happy and stuff (before they would stick to the sides and swim back and forth real fast, but now were swimming all around and stuff, coming up for a food etc).
Then this morning and wake up, and one of the remaining swords is sitting next to the tank. He has managed to jump a couple of inches out of the tank!
Really disappointed, not to mention I didn't think she could/would jump that high! So I have a lonely male sword remaining.
I'm thinking of getting a few more swords, couple of small clown loaches and something else (not sure what yet). Thoughts? I have limited choice in this town (5 stores with fish, and 1500km to the next biggest city ), so maybe just some tetras.