pugmom
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sigh. I want to make sure I am doing everything I need to be for my little guys.
Tank stats -
29 gallon
fishless cycle - 7 weeks, cleared 2-4 ppm (probably closer to 2) ammonia in 24 hours.
added 6 zebra danios/glofish and 6 neon tetras friday. Possibly a bit much, but I intended to stay on top of parameters to see if anything spiked and pwc as necessary.
what I should have done better -
got them at petsmart (swayed by proximity to my home and $3 glofish and $1 neons (problem 1))- apparently the shipment came in thurs and I got them friday (problem 2).
Got them home and drip acclimated the little guys for 1 hour (doubled volume 2x)
Right off I notice one neon not schooling with others. Friday evening hangs out in the upper back corner of tank, dead by AM.
A green glofish didn't really swim as well as the others friday, by saturday hung out at surface, not moving much unless startled. Noticed one side fin was clamped or possibly damaged/deformed? Really hard to tell. Dead this AM (sunday)
This morning (sunday) I notice ich on 1 of my neons (2 dots) now later in the day I notice at least one spot on most if not all of the neons.
Everyone seems to be fairly active today, 5 remaining neons schooling mostly. One does break away and chill at the bottom of the tank about 40% of the time. Kind of worried about this one
Slowly cranked temp throughout the day - now to 86. Added aquarium salt (spread out, I have added 2/3 the recommended dosage as of right now, will add more tomorrow.
ph ~7.6
ammonia - 0 ppm (checked everything several times since got fish)
nitrites - 0 ppm
nitrates - 5 ppm
I would think I added things to much, but I have not seen any evidence of ammonia or nitrite spikes.
Took dead fish back to store. Noticed ich on the neons in the tank (still for sale mind you....)
soooooo......am I doing everything I can here? should I prep my kids for more deaths? do you think the first 2 were ich deaths before I could see spots? stress? something else???
Thanks for your input!!!
Tank stats -
29 gallon
fishless cycle - 7 weeks, cleared 2-4 ppm (probably closer to 2) ammonia in 24 hours.
added 6 zebra danios/glofish and 6 neon tetras friday. Possibly a bit much, but I intended to stay on top of parameters to see if anything spiked and pwc as necessary.
what I should have done better -
got them at petsmart (swayed by proximity to my home and $3 glofish and $1 neons (problem 1))- apparently the shipment came in thurs and I got them friday (problem 2).
Got them home and drip acclimated the little guys for 1 hour (doubled volume 2x)
Right off I notice one neon not schooling with others. Friday evening hangs out in the upper back corner of tank, dead by AM.
A green glofish didn't really swim as well as the others friday, by saturday hung out at surface, not moving much unless startled. Noticed one side fin was clamped or possibly damaged/deformed? Really hard to tell. Dead this AM (sunday)
This morning (sunday) I notice ich on 1 of my neons (2 dots) now later in the day I notice at least one spot on most if not all of the neons.
Everyone seems to be fairly active today, 5 remaining neons schooling mostly. One does break away and chill at the bottom of the tank about 40% of the time. Kind of worried about this one
Slowly cranked temp throughout the day - now to 86. Added aquarium salt (spread out, I have added 2/3 the recommended dosage as of right now, will add more tomorrow.
ph ~7.6
ammonia - 0 ppm (checked everything several times since got fish)
nitrites - 0 ppm
nitrates - 5 ppm
I would think I added things to much, but I have not seen any evidence of ammonia or nitrite spikes.
Took dead fish back to store. Noticed ich on the neons in the tank (still for sale mind you....)
soooooo......am I doing everything I can here? should I prep my kids for more deaths? do you think the first 2 were ich deaths before I could see spots? stress? something else???
Thanks for your input!!!