OP
OP
kaivalagi
Fish Herder
I went a bought some fish today 
I managed to get 4 x Geophagus Red Head Tapajos (for £26) and 1 x HRP female (for £5 - maybe a bit of Blue Convict in her)
They're all in my 125L tank now (currently a quarantine tank), along with the 4 peppered cory.
I am watching the Ammonia and Nitrite levels closely on the tank which is running with old media, the first time I've moved media between tanks like this. I moved the media into the tank along with the 4 cory this morning, 1 of the cory had a buoyancy / gas problem when I got home this afternoon, which raised concerns for me a little. I did an 80% water change straight away to be on the safe side and he now seems a lot better, maybe his gas problem came from gulping air when in the net? but I can't assume that I don't think. About 1 hour after the water change the ammonia and Nitrite levels were at zero, which you would expect. I am going to do another Ammonia and Nitrite test on the tank very shortly, worst case I'll do a water change again tonight to put things in good shape until the morning. I just hope there's no mini-cycle going on...*fingers crossed* All the new fish seem happy enough.
The plan is all the fish stay in the tank for a week, and all being well the Tapajos get moved into the main tank to join the slightly older and bigger male that in there, and then they'll be 5
The female HRP will stay were she is until I think it is a good time to move the male in with her. That will be 1 CA removed from the main tank then with one more to go before it's nothing but SA's. I figure this won't happen until I have got the Rotkeil Sevs through quarantine and into the main tank though...
Pics tomorrow of the new fish, they look great...Tapajos are about 1.5" approx, the female HRP is more like 3"
I managed to get 4 x Geophagus Red Head Tapajos (for £26) and 1 x HRP female (for £5 - maybe a bit of Blue Convict in her)
They're all in my 125L tank now (currently a quarantine tank), along with the 4 peppered cory.
I am watching the Ammonia and Nitrite levels closely on the tank which is running with old media, the first time I've moved media between tanks like this. I moved the media into the tank along with the 4 cory this morning, 1 of the cory had a buoyancy / gas problem when I got home this afternoon, which raised concerns for me a little. I did an 80% water change straight away to be on the safe side and he now seems a lot better, maybe his gas problem came from gulping air when in the net? but I can't assume that I don't think. About 1 hour after the water change the ammonia and Nitrite levels were at zero, which you would expect. I am going to do another Ammonia and Nitrite test on the tank very shortly, worst case I'll do a water change again tonight to put things in good shape until the morning. I just hope there's no mini-cycle going on...*fingers crossed* All the new fish seem happy enough.
The plan is all the fish stay in the tank for a week, and all being well the Tapajos get moved into the main tank to join the slightly older and bigger male that in there, and then they'll be 5
The female HRP will stay were she is until I think it is a good time to move the male in with her. That will be 1 CA removed from the main tank then with one more to go before it's nothing but SA's. I figure this won't happen until I have got the Rotkeil Sevs through quarantine and into the main tank though...
Pics tomorrow of the new fish, they look great...Tapajos are about 1.5" approx, the female HRP is more like 3"
) I know the recommended is 2 - 4 weeks to be on the safe side, but after a week, if they are eating healthily, poo is all a good colour, have no visible signs of illness, then I would move them.
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