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I think it must have been an acclimation problem because there was 0 ammonia or nitrite when I tested after finding the dead ones.

The betta didn't like my phone at all. He flared at it for a bit but those pics are all blurry. Then he hid and glared. The two pygmys just hide when I approach the tank. I think I'll see how the 2 remaining corys do. If they're good in a week or two, I'll add 4 more. Maybe I'll drip acclimate...

The tank was fully cycled for 2 weeks before I added them. It had 2 zebra danios that I took back to the store to keep it cycled while I waited for the corys. To acclimate them, I put the corys and a betta in 2 gallon size pitchers and added 1 cup of tank water to the pitchers every 15 minutes...

Something's wrong with my tank, or maybe I didn't acclimate them slowly enough, but I lost 3 corys last night. So I'm down to 2. I'll see how these 2 fare for the week and add 4 more next week. I ordered 6 pygmy corys. 1 didn't survive shipping, I found 2 dead this morning. I took out all of the...

I got my pygmy cory cats and a gorgeous male betta today! I'll let them settle in for the night and post a few pics tomorrow. The owner of the LFS was amazed at the corys small size. He's never seen pygmys before. They're about 3/4 of an inch long. I ordered 6, but one didn't survive the stress...

The LFS is killing me! Since tomorrow is Independence Day, he had to do the order a day early. But he didn't know that. So I have to wait another week for my corys. He promised they'd be in on the 9th. If they aren't, I'll see if a store in the city can get some for me. It's a 45 minute drive...

Ok. I was thinking 8 tetras and 6-8 corys. I'll har to look into sterbai corys. I've only seen panda and green corys. But I'm sure the LFS will be able to order them.

My cousin knows how to feed them. She's done it for me before. But with an Alzheimer's patient, they forget that they aren't supposed to feed the fish. Or that they already did and then they use up all the food.

So, I'll sell the fish and hopefully rock to LFS, remove the live sand, and thoroughly clean the entire tank and all equipment with fresh water. Then add new aquarium sand that's been rinsed until the water is clean and decor that won't injure catfish (a cave or two and some live plants in terra...

Alright, I think my cycle is complete. I've been getting 0 ammonia and nitrite every twelve or so hours for three days. Nitrate is slowly rising. I'll do a 50% WC again to get the nitrate under 10. It was at 30 this morning. The pygmy corys will be in on Wednesday. The tank was cycling in my...