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Thankyou so much Colin - really appreciate the help - I’ll let you know how they go - I am water testing every day and noted re seeing around and within the ornaments
Adana
I have a Fluval light system which has all sorts of clever settings - I can filter through red, green, blue and white and there are also sunrise and sunset settings
Hi Colin - thank you for the good advice - here is a picture of the tank - how long would you advise waiting before adding female fish? They have settled really well and aren’t dashing about now and I have the lights very low at present
Thankyou
Cherry barb update
Hi guys - I thought I would give you an update - I now have a 125 litre tank - it’s been cycled, completely I used Fritzyme 7 to introduce good bacteria - I also used an existing sponge from the old filter- a few real plants for oxygenation - I’ve tested the water and...
Thanks so much Colin - I really appreciate all the good advice and what an amazing forum. Yes they are all red which seems to support the bullying theory - what I have learned is that I need to get a much bigger tank asap and perhaps as you say introduce some females in a little while.
Our water...
In terms of getting a new tank set up - I usually allow a week for set up - is there any advice you can give for the intervening period and do you think the sick fish will survive a move? Should I do a water change straight away ?
Hello there Aiken - thankyou for your comments - the tank is only 15 litres so we were advised that 4 fish should be the maximum kept. I hope he isn’t being bullied by the other fish - I hadn’t thought of that
Hi there - thankyou so much for taking the time and trouble to reply so comprehensively. I’ve attached[three links which hopefully show the fish’s behaviour.
In answer to your questions - nothing added but I did a water change of 50%. 2 weeks ago
There are 3 other Cherry barbs and they have...
Hi there - thanks for letting me join. I’ve kept White Cloud minnows for many years indoors and I keep Koi in a large pond outdoors. 6 months ago I started to keep cherry barbs in a new bio orb. They settled really well and I change the water regularly. In the last couple of days one of the fish...