Hello! I made a post asking for help regarding a tank I set up a little over a week ago. Here are some updates
So currently, life in the tank is
-Make blue betta (Poseidon)
-Green/yellow corydora (Hades)
-Pink/white corydora (Aphrodite)
Before there were none.
I didn't cycle the tank but instead used AquaSafePLUS quickstart and prime and waited 24 hours. Then I put them all in. The corydoras were stressed for a couple days. Now they are active and swim around freely and play with each other. I plan on adding 2 more in a month since they are a schooling fish (I'm sorry y'all I had no idea prior 😔).
The plants consist of
-two fake plants (code the softest, not sharp one, mostly fabric not plastic. The yellow and green one.)
-One anubias (broke it into little pieces of accident so separated them)
- One large Amazon sword
-One moss patch
-Fake, aqaurium safe plants on the ornaments
The substrate is CaribSea supernatural premium aqaurium substrate (wanted Fluval stratum but couldn't find any). It was rinsed thoroughly (over rinsed it honestly without knowing 😭) and was clear when water was first added.
I feed the fish with Fluval bug bites (recommended to me!) and so far only Poseidon has been eating it but the others have been striving without food. I have no idea what they're eating. I mean they like their heads downward and swim against the substrate?
I do 25% water changes every week and add the new water 10 minutes after putting prime inside.
I'm mostly concerned if the plants are doing okay or not. ChatGPT told me I could hold it down with my thin, cheap quality rubber bands but it seems a bit fishy.
I do not have any ammonia testers, ive just been using prime. I plan on buying ammonia testers next month with 2 more corydoras and some Armano shrimp and 2 snails.
Overall thoughts? Recommendations? Thank you!
https://www.reddit.com/gallery/1odg13l
Posted by Coleslaw_Boy10
4 Comments
OH RIGHT, I forgot to mention that the tank is 10 gallons and normally 79-80°. I’ve had this for a bit over a week now.
Add the prime to the water you’re adding to the tank don’t add it after
I’m not a fish expert and I’m looking into getting one but I thought if you don’t cycle your tank before they fish basically die almost immediately, how has yours been alive 😭
Do not use Chat gpt for anything it’s not accurate at all, gives poor advice and wastes the world’s water. Its a useless failed tool, chat gpt.
Use fishing line or pure superglue no additives. (Cyanoacrylate)
Skip the snails they will want a much higher ph then your other fish.
You can not know the health of your fish with out knowing all of their water parameters so make sure you atleast get strips for ph, ammonia, nitrite and nitrates as well.
Looks like your off to a good start.
Good luck