Guys,
I am new to the hobby, getting a guppie habitat for my 5 year old has peaked my interest. Boy, aquariums have come a long way since I was a kid and you had the old submersible air pump/filters.
Well, here is the bottom line where I may need some help. I set the aquarium up, 10 gallon, let it run with some live plants for about 24 hours, and threw in 2 zebra danios as guinea pigs. Things went great for the first 24 hours, then the water clouded a bit. Just slightly, so I am watching the fish and letting it run.
However, the two zebras don't appear to like each other any more. One, the smallest, stays in a corner, while the other pretty much swims everywhere. The smaller appears to charge the larger when the larger gets close to the corner, but the larger will usually end up chasing the smaller. They move so fast that I think that I may be mistaking schooling behavior with agressive behavior, but maybe not.
If anyone has any pointers, just let me know, but I am new so don't bash me too hard.
My plan right now is to let the system run, add a two guppies, and maybe another zebra.
Jeff
I am new to the hobby, getting a guppie habitat for my 5 year old has peaked my interest. Boy, aquariums have come a long way since I was a kid and you had the old submersible air pump/filters.
Well, here is the bottom line where I may need some help. I set the aquarium up, 10 gallon, let it run with some live plants for about 24 hours, and threw in 2 zebra danios as guinea pigs. Things went great for the first 24 hours, then the water clouded a bit. Just slightly, so I am watching the fish and letting it run.
However, the two zebras don't appear to like each other any more. One, the smallest, stays in a corner, while the other pretty much swims everywhere. The smaller appears to charge the larger when the larger gets close to the corner, but the larger will usually end up chasing the smaller. They move so fast that I think that I may be mistaking schooling behavior with agressive behavior, but maybe not.
If anyone has any pointers, just let me know, but I am new so don't bash me too hard.
My plan right now is to let the system run, add a two guppies, and maybe another zebra.
Jeff