Just waiting for my new fish to arrive (drip setup)

[gd007]

I am looking forward to my new fish.... en-route via FedEx for delivery any hour...
These fish will be introduced 'properly' - namely , as EAGLES fans
Pictures to be uploaded here as they get introduced.

5 Boesemani Rainbow
6 Panda Cory

 

[Herky213]

Should be exciting! I love the panda corys, so much energy.

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[Masha]

Looking good!
It's so worth spending time and effort acclimatizing them with care. The time you spend doing that will make all the difference

 

[Nimo]

Nice you are about to realy begin the fun

 

[gd007]

still in the drip process

I tested the water in the tank:
ph: 7.4
ammonia: 0
nitrite: 0
nitrate: 10

and water in the bag:
pH: 7.4
ammonia:1
nitrite: 0
nitrate: 80+

The rainbow bag floated, to temperature assimilate, for ~20 mins. Panda's are still floating...

 

[gd007]

is this ICK? an iridescent scale panda cory??

i'm looking at them in the bag... is this a disease or normal for these fish?

 

[Old Scales]

Probably not. You will see that once you get them in the tank and they settle in, their body tint will either lighten or darken a little as they try to match your substrate color better. It's a natural defense they use in nature. Sometimes not every Cory will be perfectly the same. Deferent batch of fry maybe. Usually takes a week for them to settle in. Enjoy! OS.

 

[gd007]

pictures of the boesemani rainbows

here are some shots of the fish. Believe it or not my 6 year old took most of these!

 

[gd007]

6 Panda Corys are now in the tank

Here are the 6 Panda Corys. Their bag pH was a bit lower than mine so I took extra time with the drip process. I had a hard time netting them so I think I freaked them out a bit...

Believe it or not picture #2 (the close up) has 4 corys in it... bet you can't find #4

Picture #3 has 3. Try to find #3

 

[flitabout]

They are looking great!!!!!

 

[threnjen]

I love them! I love Boesemani's and cories! Good picks

 

[gd007]

I love them! I love Boesemani's and cories! Good picks

Now that they've settled in I can clearly tell I have 2 males and 3 females boesemanis. I had to research a bit because I thought, perhaps, they didn't send me boesemanis [duh <-- new user]
As for the Panda's - no clue...

 

[threnjen]

Oh that's a good ratio. I seem to have 4 males and 2 females and the poor ladies seem a bit beleaguered =/ The men chase them around and flare for them all day long.
Your ladies will be less stressed, that's a good thing.

 

[gd007]

i just lost one of the Panda Corys.... testing water.... everyone else appears fine and schooling (the now 5 Pandas)

 

[threnjen]

I'm so sorry

Any visible signs of physical distress on the dead cory?

 

[gd007]

I'm so sorry

Any visible signs of physical distress on the dead cory?

last living image was taken 651pm.
I could see it was having trouble and when it would try to swim back down would kinda of go sideways.
found it dead ~1hr later.

i'll post last living image...

I also notice that the other 5 are schooling together but this was was by itself.

I'm getting concerned.

I found one of the female boesemani rainbows just chillin' near the surface. I could easily net her and she didn't quickly swim away. I'm watching her as i type this and it looks like she's having trouble swimming a bit. like she's going with the currents and does not keep a horizontal position. Everyone else seems fine...

my water is fine:
temp:80
pH: 7.4
ammonia 0
nitrite 0
nitrate 20-40

 

[gd007]

panda about 1hr before i found it belly up on the bottom..

 

[gd007]

water results at ~8pm

 

[gd007]

just lost the female boesemani?!?!

 

[gd007]

ok well so far so good (1105pm).

I do notice that the bottom lip on 2 of the rainbows (m & f) has a white spot. I've been googling and it seems 'normal' due to the bumping and such. 50% wc is recommended. my stats are remain:
temp 80
pH: 7.4
Ammonia 0
nitrite 0
nitrate 20-40

soooo... we'll see.