Firstfish
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
I bought a used aquarium system last year. I thought I was doing everything correctly by taking my time setting it up. A few months ago I placed gravel and water and started running the filter in it. I then introduced plants (and the stowaway snails) to the aquarium, and they've been growing great.
The suction cups on the heater were shot and I kept forgetting to bring it in ot get new ones, and finally did that this last week. After giving a couple of days for the temperature to come up and stabilize, I bought my first fish, some zebra danios.
I was recommended since the aquarium has actually be running for quite awhile to do a partial water change before adding the fish. I used some Aqua Plus water conditioner as part of the water change (I did about a 25% change). The fish have been in there for 2 days now, and I'm noticing that their gills are turning red. They don't otherwise look too stressed, a couple appear worse that the rest, with quite red gills and swimming a little slower.
Is there anything I can do to help out the poor little fish while waiting for things to equalize? Should I feed them while they are like this, or can that stress them more?
I can't find any advice on what to do at this point, should I hang in there and hope for the best or take some kind of action? I would appreciate some advice.
Thanks in advance!
The suction cups on the heater were shot and I kept forgetting to bring it in ot get new ones, and finally did that this last week. After giving a couple of days for the temperature to come up and stabilize, I bought my first fish, some zebra danios.
I was recommended since the aquarium has actually be running for quite awhile to do a partial water change before adding the fish. I used some Aqua Plus water conditioner as part of the water change (I did about a 25% change). The fish have been in there for 2 days now, and I'm noticing that their gills are turning red. They don't otherwise look too stressed, a couple appear worse that the rest, with quite red gills and swimming a little slower.
Is there anything I can do to help out the poor little fish while waiting for things to equalize? Should I feed them while they are like this, or can that stress them more?
I can't find any advice on what to do at this point, should I hang in there and hope for the best or take some kind of action? I would appreciate some advice.
Thanks in advance!