Recent content by ChemEng

Thanks for the replies. Everything has had a really good clean out and lets hope I have more luck next time. There are too many factors in their deaths imo so it's hard to pin point exactly what it was. Having less sand and feeding less is a good start to preventing it happening again though.

The remaining fry died over night. I'm going to give the tank a complete clean and begin cycling it again and hope that the corys will lay eggs again soon. This time I'll remove all the sand and just place a thin layer on the bottom like you said. I think what you said about the feedings might...

My layer is sand it about 1-1.5cm thick. Just deep enough so that I can plant some plants in there so they have some cover. I've been making a well in the sand so that I can feed the decapsulated brine in there, that way if there is left over brine that they don't eat I can easily remove it...

I umm'd and arr'd about using the salt with the babies but from the research I've done on salt being good/bad for corys is about 50/50 so this is why I only did half the recommended dose. I've used it at half dose in my main tank a few times before and it hasn't affected my adult corys at all...

I've been feeding them at least 2-3 times a day maybe more if I'm up late at night or early in the morning. I feel at times I could be over feeding them but usually all the brine that I put in gets eaten within 5minutes. This morning most but not all of the babies didn't have their usual pink...

Tank size: 20L pH: 7.4 ammonia: 0 nitrite: 0 nitrate: ~20 tank temp: 22-24 C Fish Symptoms (include full description including lesion, color, location, fish behavior): They appear pale and lethargic. The already dead fish look like there is something wrong with their faces particularly their...