CruX
Fish Crazy
Going from the stocking list you told me on MSN, you need to take your fish back, all of them. Especially the plec and the rainbow shark.
This is the best thing for these fish, keeping them in an uncycled tank is cruel, and judging by how upset you are over the current casualty, you will be worse when the proverbial hits the fan, although currently your ammonia and nitrite are reading zero which sounds good, you haven't got a nitrate test to see if the cycle is establishing, which it wond have 3 days in anyway, so put that on your shopping list.
Ok once the fish are returned you need to get cycled, there are plenty of links in peoples sigs and it is pinned on the board somewhere too, once you have competed your cycle you can add fish. Research every fish and be carefull not to overstock, while you are cycling read up on fish you like the look of, post your stocking queries on the board and ask opinions. Please don't put fish back in until you are sure you are cycled and remember the people here will help you free of charge, just because they like fish, the people at the shop want you to buy fish and other products, it is how they make a living so they will sell you cycle when it doesn't do much to help, or a fish to keep your tank clean and they don't care if it outgrows the tank or eats its tankmates. of course not all LFS's are like this but bear in mind whats been said.
Edit > Fishless Cycling thread
Weekly maint thread
This is the best thing for these fish, keeping them in an uncycled tank is cruel, and judging by how upset you are over the current casualty, you will be worse when the proverbial hits the fan, although currently your ammonia and nitrite are reading zero which sounds good, you haven't got a nitrate test to see if the cycle is establishing, which it wond have 3 days in anyway, so put that on your shopping list.
Ok once the fish are returned you need to get cycled, there are plenty of links in peoples sigs and it is pinned on the board somewhere too, once you have competed your cycle you can add fish. Research every fish and be carefull not to overstock, while you are cycling read up on fish you like the look of, post your stocking queries on the board and ask opinions. Please don't put fish back in until you are sure you are cycled and remember the people here will help you free of charge, just because they like fish, the people at the shop want you to buy fish and other products, it is how they make a living so they will sell you cycle when it doesn't do much to help, or a fish to keep your tank clean and they don't care if it outgrows the tank or eats its tankmates. of course not all LFS's are like this but bear in mind whats been said.
Edit > Fishless Cycling thread
Weekly maint thread
