Me again ...
As noted in another post, I brought home 2 new honey gouramis yesterday.
One of them seems to be swimming around fine, but the other is sitting on the gravel (see pictured labeled "male"). Not falling over/tilting or anything, but just sitting there in a corner of the tank.
It's been in the tank less than 24 hours ... It was swimming around a bit earlier but now is generally either on the gravel, or behind a plant or behind the heater ...
Is this fish OK??
For reference, I did an approximately 25% water change a few hours before adding the fish, and dechlorinated with Prime. Also, I had to remove some of the filter floss as it was falling apart ... I likely lost a decent amount of beneficial bacteria at the time, although plenty of filter media remained.
I tested now and the measurements were as follows:
Ammonia - 0
Nitrite - not quite 0, perhaps 0.1? It's been 0 every time I've tested since it was cycled
Nitrate - 5-10
To be safe, I added a double dose of Prime and also a capful of Seachem Stability (I had some left in the bottle).
Is another water change necessary at this time?
Related question - if you compare these two pictures, are both of these male or one male/female? I asked the LFS for one of each but they said it's hard to tell the difference.
Thanks yet again!
As noted in another post, I brought home 2 new honey gouramis yesterday.
One of them seems to be swimming around fine, but the other is sitting on the gravel (see pictured labeled "male"). Not falling over/tilting or anything, but just sitting there in a corner of the tank.
It's been in the tank less than 24 hours ... It was swimming around a bit earlier but now is generally either on the gravel, or behind a plant or behind the heater ...
Is this fish OK??
For reference, I did an approximately 25% water change a few hours before adding the fish, and dechlorinated with Prime. Also, I had to remove some of the filter floss as it was falling apart ... I likely lost a decent amount of beneficial bacteria at the time, although plenty of filter media remained.
I tested now and the measurements were as follows:
Ammonia - 0
Nitrite - not quite 0, perhaps 0.1? It's been 0 every time I've tested since it was cycled
Nitrate - 5-10
To be safe, I added a double dose of Prime and also a capful of Seachem Stability (I had some left in the bottle).
Is another water change necessary at this time?
Related question - if you compare these two pictures, are both of these male or one male/female? I asked the LFS for one of each but they said it's hard to tell the difference.
Thanks yet again!
