Zero-
Aquarium Advice Newbie
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- Feb 21, 2022
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Hi! I am brand new to the fish keeping hobby, I just got my first 5 fish two days ago, Glofish Danios, and I want to do the very best I can for them so they can have good lives.
I'm noticing that 4 out of 5 of my fish are staying at the top of the tank, right at the water line. They just swim around in a small circle around each other, underneath where the tank light is. One of those four stays a bit lower than the rest, but still pretty near the top, right under the light, though it occasionally goes to the middle, too, for a few seconds. I'm thinking the light is the issue, but I researched a bit and saw that fish need 12 hours of light and 12 hours of darkness, so I'm not sure. It's a bright, white light; I'm thinking of investing in a blue light, as well. The one that swims around the middle and bottom of the tank has been eating, but the rest don't. I've been giving them pellet food and flake food to try and find out what they prefer, but only one is eating, so I don't know yet.
I have a 10-gallon tank and it's filled almost full, up to the black strip that most tanks have around the rim. I also have a decent waterfall filter, an air pump with an air stone in one corner of the tank, as well as a heater and the water temperature stays between 76 and 78 degrees. I'm also worried that the air pump is blowing the food around too fast for them to eat and the filter is sucking it up too fast, so I tried turning the oxygen off for a few minutes while feeding them, but it didn't seem to change much. I don't really know what to think. If anymore info is needed, please don't hesitate to ask. Thanks in advance for any advice you can give me!
I'm noticing that 4 out of 5 of my fish are staying at the top of the tank, right at the water line. They just swim around in a small circle around each other, underneath where the tank light is. One of those four stays a bit lower than the rest, but still pretty near the top, right under the light, though it occasionally goes to the middle, too, for a few seconds. I'm thinking the light is the issue, but I researched a bit and saw that fish need 12 hours of light and 12 hours of darkness, so I'm not sure. It's a bright, white light; I'm thinking of investing in a blue light, as well. The one that swims around the middle and bottom of the tank has been eating, but the rest don't. I've been giving them pellet food and flake food to try and find out what they prefer, but only one is eating, so I don't know yet.
I have a 10-gallon tank and it's filled almost full, up to the black strip that most tanks have around the rim. I also have a decent waterfall filter, an air pump with an air stone in one corner of the tank, as well as a heater and the water temperature stays between 76 and 78 degrees. I'm also worried that the air pump is blowing the food around too fast for them to eat and the filter is sucking it up too fast, so I tried turning the oxygen off for a few minutes while feeding them, but it didn't seem to change much. I don't really know what to think. If anymore info is needed, please don't hesitate to ask. Thanks in advance for any advice you can give me!