So finally, after several weeks of monitoring my 55 gal to make sure everything was okay (had some concerns about the health of 2 tetras for a while; QTed them for a couple weeks and all has been fine since) I got 4 new angels on Friday with the hopes that one will pair up with my original angel, Poldy.
They are all a little under silver dollar size, and all at least a cm. or two smaller than Poldy. I acclimated the bag in his tank and he seemed very curious but gentle with them. I am particular enamored with two of them that are half-black pearl scales! They're just beautiful and I'm hoping Poldy will pick one of them. The other 2 are regular silvers like Poldy, but non-veil.
They are currently in a 10 gal. QT tank. I also have a tall 25 gal. tall Eclipse that I was hoping to QT them in, but when it came time to fill it I realized my boyfriend had thrown away the biowheel when we moved it to the new place. (The filter probably would have worked anyway, no? Didn't even think of that.) They seem to be doing extremely well in there, although I am not very pleased because I introduced them with an entire bag of Biospira, which clearly did something as there is no ammonia, but nitrites have spiked to over 1.0. Biospira just keeps letting me down; maybe I expect to much from it. The fish don't seem affected by this in any way. Maybe because I use Prime or because they're just tough? Either way, I'm planning to do a water change in a little while with water from my main tank, and if nitrites aren't gone by the morning I'm thinking I'll move them into the main tank after only 3 full days of QT. Is this a bad idea? Wouldn't it be worse to keep them in a tank with nitrites than jumping the gun a bit with the QT?
I'm also slightly worried about aggression in the 10 gal. They just got some blood worms, and were all very feisty afterwards. For the most part, though, they have been doing well in there together as I have many plants and ornaments. One of the silvers does seem a bit of a bully and I also find him the least attractive, so will not be heartbroken if he needs to be returned, but am going to give him a chance. I really want Poldy to pair off with one of these fish, and am thinking because he's already laid claim to the main tank and is also the largest (but not by much), that he will definitely have his pick of the group instead of the other way around. Is this overly-optimistic of me?
Sorry for writing so much; I'm just so excited and adore these fish! When I watch them I'm saying to myself "Now THAT'S a fish." I've never owned a type of fish with this much personality, intelligence and grace.
And happy mother's day to all the women on this forum! You all deserve it; even if you don't have kids, you have fish!
They are all a little under silver dollar size, and all at least a cm. or two smaller than Poldy. I acclimated the bag in his tank and he seemed very curious but gentle with them. I am particular enamored with two of them that are half-black pearl scales! They're just beautiful and I'm hoping Poldy will pick one of them. The other 2 are regular silvers like Poldy, but non-veil.
They are currently in a 10 gal. QT tank. I also have a tall 25 gal. tall Eclipse that I was hoping to QT them in, but when it came time to fill it I realized my boyfriend had thrown away the biowheel when we moved it to the new place. (The filter probably would have worked anyway, no? Didn't even think of that.) They seem to be doing extremely well in there, although I am not very pleased because I introduced them with an entire bag of Biospira, which clearly did something as there is no ammonia, but nitrites have spiked to over 1.0. Biospira just keeps letting me down; maybe I expect to much from it. The fish don't seem affected by this in any way. Maybe because I use Prime or because they're just tough? Either way, I'm planning to do a water change in a little while with water from my main tank, and if nitrites aren't gone by the morning I'm thinking I'll move them into the main tank after only 3 full days of QT. Is this a bad idea? Wouldn't it be worse to keep them in a tank with nitrites than jumping the gun a bit with the QT?
I'm also slightly worried about aggression in the 10 gal. They just got some blood worms, and were all very feisty afterwards. For the most part, though, they have been doing well in there together as I have many plants and ornaments. One of the silvers does seem a bit of a bully and I also find him the least attractive, so will not be heartbroken if he needs to be returned, but am going to give him a chance. I really want Poldy to pair off with one of these fish, and am thinking because he's already laid claim to the main tank and is also the largest (but not by much), that he will definitely have his pick of the group instead of the other way around. Is this overly-optimistic of me?
Sorry for writing so much; I'm just so excited and adore these fish! When I watch them I'm saying to myself "Now THAT'S a fish." I've never owned a type of fish with this much personality, intelligence and grace.
And happy mother's day to all the women on this forum! You all deserve it; even if you don't have kids, you have fish!
