Laird-and-Dad
Aquarium Advice Freak
Hi. So I have had plants in my tank for almost a year, and I just got 5 Julii cories. They were happy and swimming in the bag, I floated the bag for 20 minutes, and as soon as I opened the bag, they swam out and kind of sank to the bottom and turned on their sides. So I took them out as soon as I could, and put them with my betta in a 5 gal. 3/5 seem to be doing fine, one is still on its side, and the other is upright but not moving. I checked all my parameters (ammo-0, trites-0, trates-20, temp-74.5 F) but then I checked my drop checker, and it was way in the yellow. I had put the CO2 really high before today, because I had only plants, but today and yesterday I had it like none. So I turned on my air stone to evaporate some of the CO2. Is there anything else I can do to dissipate the co2 faster, and should I put the Cories back in as soon as the drop checker reads green, or should I wait like 2 days just so that I don't have to transfer them so soon?
Also, I used Tetra SafeStart and some seeded material from my 23 gal community tank, and the SafeStart was all clumpy and made the tank cloudy. Maybe that had something to do with it? Or is that normal?
Thank you!
-Laird
Also, I used Tetra SafeStart and some seeded material from my 23 gal community tank, and the SafeStart was all clumpy and made the tank cloudy. Maybe that had something to do with it? Or is that normal?
Thank you!
-Laird