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I did match it. I was very careful about that part. Its sad, but I suppose that it should have been expected. They just all looked like they were doing ok with it. :(
So I've been at 88 degrees in my tank for about two weeks. Treating ICH with heat. Nobody has any spots anymore and I've been spot free for about a week. I did a water change yesterday and sadly today, I found one of my cories dead.
:(. My perimeters are ammonia 0 ppm, 0 ppm nitrite, 5 ppm...
Oooooh, I think Tony is right! If they don't color up, I would say that you do have the Boraras Merah species. I know that mine did take a little bit of time to color up, but maybe only a couple of days.
Thanks Tony!
I was told by the fish guy In a local pet store that 3 days is long enough to cycle a tank. He had never heard of the nitrogen cycle and had worked there 3 years (he offered that info). This was at a large chain store too. I don't buy fish there.
They couldn't put them in a normal tank because they are small?
They could have been stressed. They like planted tanks and to be able to hide in and out of my driftwood holes.
I'd give them a special brine shrimp snack and see if they color up in a few days. ;)
They may have recently arrived at the shop and didn't gain color because of the stress of shipping??? They get to be about 2 cm and the males will get brighter. My females are red too, just not quite as bright. I noticed they really brightened when I started adding baby brine shrimp to their...
They look exactly like my chili rasboras. I've heard them called mosquito rasboras and they take a few days to color up. Mine are really bright red now.
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