A total newbie here. So glad I found this forum.
Started a tank I got from my friend about a week ago. Now I'm regretting that I should've found this site a little earlier. My friend told me the tank is 'cursed', but after spending a couple of hours reading here it was not the tank but my friend (who didn't know how to care fish) that was cursed.
I have a 10g tank with 4 neons (lost 1 this morning), 2 white clouds, and 2 ghost shrimps. I found out that they usually hide behind the plastic plant and stick around the bottom while we're watching, but in the evening when I turn the hood light off and walk away, I see them coming out from the hide and swimming all around the place. They sure look a lot happier without me ...
We're kinda thinking that they might be stressed by us, and maybe we should try not to watch them so much? I watched them for about 3-4 hours a day over the weekend.
Started a tank I got from my friend about a week ago. Now I'm regretting that I should've found this site a little earlier. My friend told me the tank is 'cursed', but after spending a couple of hours reading here it was not the tank but my friend (who didn't know how to care fish) that was cursed.
I have a 10g tank with 4 neons (lost 1 this morning), 2 white clouds, and 2 ghost shrimps. I found out that they usually hide behind the plastic plant and stick around the bottom while we're watching, but in the evening when I turn the hood light off and walk away, I see them coming out from the hide and swimming all around the place. They sure look a lot happier without me ...
We're kinda thinking that they might be stressed by us, and maybe we should try not to watch them so much? I watched them for about 3-4 hours a day over the weekend.