Hi,
I recently finished fishless cycling (after about 5 weeks) my 15 gallon tank this week and added 8 harlequin rasboras and 3 adf on Saturday. Monday when I got home from work one rasbora was dead and stuck to the filter intake but the rest were fine. Later on I found another fish on the bottom flopping around sideways and gulping. Now I have another fish floating around the bottom half trying to swim.
Ammonia is 0, Nitrites are 0, Nitrates are 5ppm, and ph is 7.2.
I have a biowheel 150 and keep the temp at 75 degrees. Its also planted with a few plants.
I live 30 min from the fish store and as soon as I got home I put the bags in the water and untied the fish bag because it seemed like it lost some of its air. I then let them set for 15 minutes and then added some tank water every 5 minutes for a little while, transferring only the fish and not the water into the tank.
I've been feeding them frozen bloodworms once a day and they eat them fine. The fish in general seem mellower are not swimming as rapidly as they were the first day (they kept getting in the current and shooting themselves around). Now they're just hanging out in the middle of the tank.
Is there anything I can do to help the fish on the bottom? I'm nervous to leave the filter on when I'm not around because if the poor swimmers get too close I'm afraid they'll get stuck.
Thanks!
I recently finished fishless cycling (after about 5 weeks) my 15 gallon tank this week and added 8 harlequin rasboras and 3 adf on Saturday. Monday when I got home from work one rasbora was dead and stuck to the filter intake but the rest were fine. Later on I found another fish on the bottom flopping around sideways and gulping. Now I have another fish floating around the bottom half trying to swim.
Ammonia is 0, Nitrites are 0, Nitrates are 5ppm, and ph is 7.2.
I have a biowheel 150 and keep the temp at 75 degrees. Its also planted with a few plants.
I live 30 min from the fish store and as soon as I got home I put the bags in the water and untied the fish bag because it seemed like it lost some of its air. I then let them set for 15 minutes and then added some tank water every 5 minutes for a little while, transferring only the fish and not the water into the tank.
I've been feeding them frozen bloodworms once a day and they eat them fine. The fish in general seem mellower are not swimming as rapidly as they were the first day (they kept getting in the current and shooting themselves around). Now they're just hanging out in the middle of the tank.
Is there anything I can do to help the fish on the bottom? I'm nervous to leave the filter on when I'm not around because if the poor swimmers get too close I'm afraid they'll get stuck.
Thanks!