drewdigg
New Member
I bought six neon tetra's two days ago and am now down to two. The first two died the first night, the third the next morning, and then the forth last night. The remaining two seem to be fine but I would have said the same about the third and forth yesterday. The two I saw starting to get bad were just kinda floating in one spot diagonally near the top before they went.
I added them to a well established 10 gallon tank that has been running for two plus years with a betta and 1-2 snails. I checked the water parameters with a liquid test kit and they seem fine: Ammonia and Nitrite at 0, Nitrate less than 5 ppm, I have a little trouble telling between the PH colors but between 6.6-7.0.
I did slowly acclimate the fish before adding the fish, floating the bag for 40 minutes, adding water from the tank every 15 minutes.
I't probably hard to tell without seeing them but what do you think went wrong, just the stress, were sick when I got them? I know I need more so they can school but should I wait a little longer before adding new ones to see how these do or would they do better with more friends?
Thanks for any help.
I added them to a well established 10 gallon tank that has been running for two plus years with a betta and 1-2 snails. I checked the water parameters with a liquid test kit and they seem fine: Ammonia and Nitrite at 0, Nitrate less than 5 ppm, I have a little trouble telling between the PH colors but between 6.6-7.0.
I did slowly acclimate the fish before adding the fish, floating the bag for 40 minutes, adding water from the tank every 15 minutes.
I't probably hard to tell without seeing them but what do you think went wrong, just the stress, were sick when I got them? I know I need more so they can school but should I wait a little longer before adding new ones to see how these do or would they do better with more friends?
Thanks for any help.