Fish Head J
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Our new 40 gallon Freshwater tank has been up and running quite well for about 4 days with 10 new fish. We have been montioring the Ammonia, Nitrites and Nitrate levels diligently and changing the water (2 times in 4 days, about 30% each time). We lost our first fish last night (an Orange swordtail- male). He was much less active than the others and largly hung out at the bottom of the tank. We kind of suspected he might not make it. Here is the interesting part however. At the same moment we noticed the dead swordtail, we also noticed a tiny fry (baby Black Molly). The kids of course are so happy to have a teeny, tiny fish in the aquarium. I, on the otherhand, am worried that this little guy doesn't have a prayer of surviving the cycling process or the other fish in the tank (all Mollies and Swordtails). Is there anything i should be doing to increase his chances of survival? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks
FHJ
FHJ