Hi everyone,
I have a 110 liter (24g) planted tank, just over 2 months now. Started with 6 Black Phantoms about a month after setting up the tank and all levels going very well. They seemed very happy and active so just over a week later I added 6 Panda Cory's. The Panda's are super adorable, playing around and very confident.
2 Weeks later (yesterday) I added 12 Norman Lampeye Killifish. During acclimation I noticed one was not looking too great in the bag (laying on the bottom and not reacting much compared to the others as I added small amounts of water from my tank. I acclimated very slowly, every 10 minutes adding water over an hour or so. When it came time to add them, 11 swam out of the net, but the other stayed in the net, rolling about. He would get bursts of energy and then roll again, looking lifeless. I kept him in a large net to in a corner of the tank and tried to see if he would react to food. He continued to have bursts of energy, but after an hour sadly died.
This morning I have woken up to find 2 stuck up against the grill of the filter. They are acting exactly the same way once I moved them into the large net to the side again. (Since typing this, they have both died too now)
All my levels have been fine (0 ammonia and nitrite and nitrates around 20-30). 2 days before getting them I had done a 70% water change and then on the day I did another 25% just to be safe.Temp is at 23c (73.4f), which I have just raised to 24c (25.2f), in case temp was a little too cold as I know that's the lower end for a lampeye.
Is this likely to be something from the LFS as it happened to 1 so quickly in the bag, or am I doing something wrong? I know they had quarantined them for a week before I purchased, as I wanted them earlier but had been told they were not ready. Also, all my fish are from the same reputable LFS.
Update: 5 lost in total now
I have a 110 liter (24g) planted tank, just over 2 months now. Started with 6 Black Phantoms about a month after setting up the tank and all levels going very well. They seemed very happy and active so just over a week later I added 6 Panda Cory's. The Panda's are super adorable, playing around and very confident.
2 Weeks later (yesterday) I added 12 Norman Lampeye Killifish. During acclimation I noticed one was not looking too great in the bag (laying on the bottom and not reacting much compared to the others as I added small amounts of water from my tank. I acclimated very slowly, every 10 minutes adding water over an hour or so. When it came time to add them, 11 swam out of the net, but the other stayed in the net, rolling about. He would get bursts of energy and then roll again, looking lifeless. I kept him in a large net to in a corner of the tank and tried to see if he would react to food. He continued to have bursts of energy, but after an hour sadly died.
This morning I have woken up to find 2 stuck up against the grill of the filter. They are acting exactly the same way once I moved them into the large net to the side again. (Since typing this, they have both died too now)
All my levels have been fine (0 ammonia and nitrite and nitrates around 20-30). 2 days before getting them I had done a 70% water change and then on the day I did another 25% just to be safe.Temp is at 23c (73.4f), which I have just raised to 24c (25.2f), in case temp was a little too cold as I know that's the lower end for a lampeye.
Is this likely to be something from the LFS as it happened to 1 so quickly in the bag, or am I doing something wrong? I know they had quarantined them for a week before I purchased, as I wanted them earlier but had been told they were not ready. Also, all my fish are from the same reputable LFS.
Update: 5 lost in total now
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