Jferrante
Aquarium Advice Activist
I've heard that their nose gets bright red if the conditions are great and get pale if they are not. I saw this in my 55g tank after a 50% water change. I have three 5 gallon buckets and filled two with water close to temp and like 2-3ml of prime each and let them sit for three hours. and obviously the 8 or so gallons in them is not a 50% of a 55 gallon so after I drained 50% I would add the rest with less time to sit but I did turn of my filter and heater and gave it few minutes to equalize the temp and mix in before turning on the filter. The temp dropped a couple of degrees though so the fish were hovering on the bottom for about a 15 mins then they returned to normal. one fish is pale almost all the time so I'm not sure if he's just the one that's stressed or if that's just how he is.
I'm doing an unintentional fish-in cycle thats 2 weeks in and have 9 different types of plants and all several conditioners like stresszyme and stability to help it get along.
I'm just curious if rummy nose tetras do this normally of if it was simply my setting on my Satellite LED PLUs making some seem less red nosed as the others.
I'm doing an unintentional fish-in cycle thats 2 weeks in and have 9 different types of plants and all several conditioners like stresszyme and stability to help it get along.
I'm just curious if rummy nose tetras do this normally of if it was simply my setting on my Satellite LED PLUs making some seem less red nosed as the others.