StellaStars
Aquarium Advice Activist
I set up a 5G tank on Monday and put two little feeder minnows in as "starter fish" at the suggestion of the LFS.
I treated the water with the drops they gave me and fed the fish once, on the first night. They were both excited to eat.
Yesterday they both died. One I saw in it's last moments, the other must have died overnight.
Is that just standard for those kind of fish? The store mentioned they might not survive, but is two days even long enough for an ammonia spike or anything else nasty in the water?
What should I do now? Should I get another couple minnows (or something else as a tank starter?) or should I just cycle the tank on it's own without fish?
I didn't put any bacteria starter in the tank. Also, no live plants yet. They told me to wait, but now I'm wondering if getting the tank aquascaped and cycled first is the way to go.
Thanks everyone!
I treated the water with the drops they gave me and fed the fish once, on the first night. They were both excited to eat.
Yesterday they both died. One I saw in it's last moments, the other must have died overnight.
Is that just standard for those kind of fish? The store mentioned they might not survive, but is two days even long enough for an ammonia spike or anything else nasty in the water?
What should I do now? Should I get another couple minnows (or something else as a tank starter?) or should I just cycle the tank on it's own without fish?
I didn't put any bacteria starter in the tank. Also, no live plants yet. They told me to wait, but now I'm wondering if getting the tank aquascaped and cycled first is the way to go.
Thanks everyone!