Gr44
Fish Crazy
Hi all,
Firstly I've got a new tank, I've completed the fishless cycle etc and I got the fish on Wednesday, they were added to the tank around 4pm. Obviously they've been a little bit nervous and timid and seem to be getting better, I bought some real plants for them today to help process Nitrate and also because I thought they'd enjoy them!
Tanks is attached;
Anyway,
My question is this, they act pretty 'normally' now when the light is off but when it's on they find a shady place (normally under the filter) and just sit, I can only descibe them as 'shaking' as they almost look like they're struggling against current but I know that isn't the case.
You might have noticed them in the above picture, when I first put the plants in they roamed around for a minute then right back under the filter lol... see below;
What should I do? Keep the light off? Leave it on so they get used to it?
I don't want to stress them out... is the bulb too bright?
Any advice very much welcome, this is my first tank so I'm not familar with what to do!
Many Thanks,
Sean
Firstly I've got a new tank, I've completed the fishless cycle etc and I got the fish on Wednesday, they were added to the tank around 4pm. Obviously they've been a little bit nervous and timid and seem to be getting better, I bought some real plants for them today to help process Nitrate and also because I thought they'd enjoy them!
Tanks is attached;
Anyway,
My question is this, they act pretty 'normally' now when the light is off but when it's on they find a shady place (normally under the filter) and just sit, I can only descibe them as 'shaking' as they almost look like they're struggling against current but I know that isn't the case.
You might have noticed them in the above picture, when I first put the plants in they roamed around for a minute then right back under the filter lol... see below;
What should I do? Keep the light off? Leave it on so they get used to it?
I don't want to stress them out... is the bulb too bright?
Any advice very much welcome, this is my first tank so I'm not familar with what to do!
Many Thanks,
Sean