IzzysGuppies
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Hi all, I'm a newbie to this site, and to fish. We have recently got a 60l tank all set up for my daughter's birthday . Since deciding to do this I've tried to read as much as possible, but I'm sure I've still so much to learn . We cycled the tank for 2 weeks then went and got 2 male guppies (Ewan and Charley)and 2 panda cories (Dick and Dom) to start it all off. The tank also has 3 plants in for the cycling period, 2 bits of bog wood type wood with hidy places and more recently a fake rock with holes to swim through and fake plants on it.
We got the fish Friday late afternoon, left the light off and didn't feed until the morning. All seemed to be going well until monday evening when after getting worried about one of the pandas not moving for a long time, I gently prodded it and it just rolled over on its side really quite dead . I had been getting a bit worried as one had been getting less and less active. Husband tested the tank again that night, ph ok, nitrates 10ppm, ammonia 0ppm, nitrite between 0 and 0.25. Do you think this is what finished the panda off? The room get a bit warm on the Sat eve, so my 24degrees became more like 26degrees.
Worried about the remaining panda I went back to the shop yesterday (Tuesday) to ask if I should get a replacement, get another pair or wait until the weekend to get another pair and another pair of guppies. They said any of the above should be fine, so being a softy and anxious about panda at home we came home with a new pair of pandas. The pandas were renamed to Spot, Dot and Plop (Plop being the old Dick or Dom) (trust a 9 yr old for names!!) Spot and Dot seem to be having a great time so far and I have seen Plop hanging around with them but he does seem to be having competitions with himself to see how long he can stay still. Last night he was on a leaf and stayed there all evening and most of the night (well he was still there at midnight), he was seen briefly this morning on the floor, but was soon up on the bogwood where he stayed all day until I decided he must be dead too and disturbed him at about 7.30pm!! Is this normal? could he be on his way out? I haven't seen any of the pandas eat as yet apart from algae off the bog wood. I even went and got some variations of food today, originally only had sinking cory flakes, now have algae flakes, frozen bloodworm and pellets too. Tried some bloodworm this afternoon, about a quarter of the block, it all went, but I think it was the guppies more than the pandas, and tried half an algae flake after lights out, but they hadn't had any that I could see before i needed to help children with bedtime routines. Tried a shelled pea last night out of lights out, but apart from curiosity it doesn't seem touched.
I have done more tests this eve before disturbing Plop, and both ammonia and nitrite were 0 and nitrate remains at 10ppm. I have also turned the tank down to 22 degrees.
What else could I be doing to help the little chaps? desperately trying not to worry too much on the food front as I don't want the guppies to go pop either as they are a really cheeky pair, and I want the rest of this week to go well so we can get a couple more of each at the weekend.
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Looking forward to hearing any suggestions and many thanks for reading my diatribe!!
Lisa.
We got the fish Friday late afternoon, left the light off and didn't feed until the morning. All seemed to be going well until monday evening when after getting worried about one of the pandas not moving for a long time, I gently prodded it and it just rolled over on its side really quite dead . I had been getting a bit worried as one had been getting less and less active. Husband tested the tank again that night, ph ok, nitrates 10ppm, ammonia 0ppm, nitrite between 0 and 0.25. Do you think this is what finished the panda off? The room get a bit warm on the Sat eve, so my 24degrees became more like 26degrees.
Worried about the remaining panda I went back to the shop yesterday (Tuesday) to ask if I should get a replacement, get another pair or wait until the weekend to get another pair and another pair of guppies. They said any of the above should be fine, so being a softy and anxious about panda at home we came home with a new pair of pandas. The pandas were renamed to Spot, Dot and Plop (Plop being the old Dick or Dom) (trust a 9 yr old for names!!) Spot and Dot seem to be having a great time so far and I have seen Plop hanging around with them but he does seem to be having competitions with himself to see how long he can stay still. Last night he was on a leaf and stayed there all evening and most of the night (well he was still there at midnight), he was seen briefly this morning on the floor, but was soon up on the bogwood where he stayed all day until I decided he must be dead too and disturbed him at about 7.30pm!! Is this normal? could he be on his way out? I haven't seen any of the pandas eat as yet apart from algae off the bog wood. I even went and got some variations of food today, originally only had sinking cory flakes, now have algae flakes, frozen bloodworm and pellets too. Tried some bloodworm this afternoon, about a quarter of the block, it all went, but I think it was the guppies more than the pandas, and tried half an algae flake after lights out, but they hadn't had any that I could see before i needed to help children with bedtime routines. Tried a shelled pea last night out of lights out, but apart from curiosity it doesn't seem touched.
I have done more tests this eve before disturbing Plop, and both ammonia and nitrite were 0 and nitrate remains at 10ppm. I have also turned the tank down to 22 degrees.
What else could I be doing to help the little chaps? desperately trying not to worry too much on the food front as I don't want the guppies to go pop either as they are a really cheeky pair, and I want the rest of this week to go well so we can get a couple more of each at the weekend.
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Looking forward to hearing any suggestions and many thanks for reading my diatribe!!
Lisa.