snoopstar
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I just finished a fishless cycle a few days ago that took me about 4 weeks. I followed the procedure in the pinned topic here in this section and it all went 'swimmingly' !
Once my Ammonia & Nitrite readings had dropped to 0 and my Nitrate was 10ppm I added 6 Zebra Danios.
All looked good for the first day, although I did notice while five were swimming mainly together, one seemed to be going it alone a bit more. Not all the time though, it would then join the others and the 6 would stick together.
Then maybe 48hrs after the fish were put in the tank, I happened to have a look at them and one was flapping about a bit, and then just floating with the current from the powerhead, then flapping a bit more. This only lasted maybe a minute and he just then wedged against an ornament and died.
The other five are fine, or so it seems. I can see no obvious signs of any problems. I appear to have 4 males?? (Slim) and 2 (now 1) females - much rounder bellied. The one that died was quite plump and was rather red at the rear behind its lower fin if that means anything? Last I checked about 1am this morning on my way to work the other 5 were all looking good and happy.
Any ideas? I have had a bit of a read on illnesses and can't find anything to match. Maybe this was just an ill one to start with? Could have been the lone swimmer at the beginning.
Oh, I checked the water levels straight away when this happened and all was fine. I did a partial water change anyway and hoovered up some excess food I found in the gravel.
Once my Ammonia & Nitrite readings had dropped to 0 and my Nitrate was 10ppm I added 6 Zebra Danios.
All looked good for the first day, although I did notice while five were swimming mainly together, one seemed to be going it alone a bit more. Not all the time though, it would then join the others and the 6 would stick together.
Then maybe 48hrs after the fish were put in the tank, I happened to have a look at them and one was flapping about a bit, and then just floating with the current from the powerhead, then flapping a bit more. This only lasted maybe a minute and he just then wedged against an ornament and died.
The other five are fine, or so it seems. I can see no obvious signs of any problems. I appear to have 4 males?? (Slim) and 2 (now 1) females - much rounder bellied. The one that died was quite plump and was rather red at the rear behind its lower fin if that means anything? Last I checked about 1am this morning on my way to work the other 5 were all looking good and happy.
Any ideas? I have had a bit of a read on illnesses and can't find anything to match. Maybe this was just an ill one to start with? Could have been the lone swimmer at the beginning.
Oh, I checked the water levels straight away when this happened and all was fine. I did a partial water change anyway and hoovered up some excess food I found in the gravel.
