BlaxerGun93
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
- Joined
- Jan 6, 2014
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- 33
Alright i went to work today at 8 Am but woke up a little late so i forgot to turn the lights on my tank and feed my 8 Danios. It was supposed to be a normal 8 hour shift at work but turn out to be a 12 hour shift since it was really busy. So my tank was without lights from 9PM yesterday to 9:30PM today. That's more than 24 Hours!! And without Food!
And no one was at home all day.
Got home at 9:30PM went to my room changed clothes and when to turn the lights on on my aquarium.....well i quickly noticed something wrong with my Danios they were all discolored/pale! So i panicked since this was the first time something happened to me. No Ich no illness...nothing. and the first thing i did was fed them, Well they all ignored the food so i panicked even more. Then i immediately tested my water. They totally lost all there colors. Can't barely even see there black stripes anymore. they even had a greenish tint to them. I know this because i feed them top brand food. 2 days ago i fed them Hikari Brine Shrimp and within a few hours there colors really popped out. Brightest iv'e actually seen them. After the water test witch took about 15 minutes. Then i fed them again and this time all of them ate.
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 5
Didn't test PH
Now i'm starting to think they went pale because of no light so they got stressed. i usually leave the lights on for 8-10 hours a day. Feed 2 times a day. WC once a week (20-25%).
If it is because i left them out with no lights what should i do???? leave the lights on all night and a few hours in the day? And then just continue with me normal light schedule I'm also buying a Timer for my lights so this doesn't happen again.
And no one was at home all day.
Got home at 9:30PM went to my room changed clothes and when to turn the lights on on my aquarium.....well i quickly noticed something wrong with my Danios they were all discolored/pale! So i panicked since this was the first time something happened to me. No Ich no illness...nothing. and the first thing i did was fed them, Well they all ignored the food so i panicked even more. Then i immediately tested my water. They totally lost all there colors. Can't barely even see there black stripes anymore. they even had a greenish tint to them. I know this because i feed them top brand food. 2 days ago i fed them Hikari Brine Shrimp and within a few hours there colors really popped out. Brightest iv'e actually seen them. After the water test witch took about 15 minutes. Then i fed them again and this time all of them ate.
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 5
Didn't test PH
Now i'm starting to think they went pale because of no light so they got stressed. i usually leave the lights on for 8-10 hours a day. Feed 2 times a day. WC once a week (20-25%).
If it is because i left them out with no lights what should i do???? leave the lights on all night and a few hours in the day? And then just continue with me normal light schedule I'm also buying a Timer for my lights so this doesn't happen again.