FingersofFish
Fish Fanatic
Added 3x Endlers Livebearer to my tank on monday, fish have been behaving fine, swimming mainly at the top/middle of the tank but occasionally venturing to the bottom amongst the plants.
As my cycle only finished last saturday, I have been monitoring water parameters carefully (testing every 2 days) to make sure everying is okay. Nitrite has been 0 and Ammonia 0 every time I have tested.
Last night I added quite a few new plants to the tank, distrubed the substrate quite a lot and distrubed the fish. Did a 25% water change afterwards and cleaned some of the gravel, added clean water with Prime added, fished out large debris with a net and then fed the fish. Everything seemed fine.
This morning the fish are mostly staying in one corner of the tank (front corner which is unplanted) and swimming vertically to the surface and then back down again. Researching this I heard it could be a sign of stress so i tested both ammona and nitrite again but they both read 0.
My other idea was that when the door is shut the tank only gets light in that corner, and that possibly they were orientating themselves towards the light, I have since kept the door shut and they seem to be doing it less but they still go there occasionally?
They don't spend all their time in the corner doing this type of swimming, but I have noticed it increasingly.... they also rarely venture into the heavily planted area of the tank and swim monstly in the open. Anyone have any ideas or is this normal behaviour?.
As my cycle only finished last saturday, I have been monitoring water parameters carefully (testing every 2 days) to make sure everying is okay. Nitrite has been 0 and Ammonia 0 every time I have tested.
Last night I added quite a few new plants to the tank, distrubed the substrate quite a lot and distrubed the fish. Did a 25% water change afterwards and cleaned some of the gravel, added clean water with Prime added, fished out large debris with a net and then fed the fish. Everything seemed fine.
This morning the fish are mostly staying in one corner of the tank (front corner which is unplanted) and swimming vertically to the surface and then back down again. Researching this I heard it could be a sign of stress so i tested both ammona and nitrite again but they both read 0.
My other idea was that when the door is shut the tank only gets light in that corner, and that possibly they were orientating themselves towards the light, I have since kept the door shut and they seem to be doing it less but they still go there occasionally?
They don't spend all their time in the corner doing this type of swimming, but I have noticed it increasingly.... they also rarely venture into the heavily planted area of the tank and swim monstly in the open. Anyone have any ideas or is this normal behaviour?.
