I moved my girl last weekend into her new 10 gallon home. I set it up by moving all of the items from the old tank and the media/filter that was already cycled. Took all her old water put that in and then added some new water on top of that. The only other thing that’s new is the substrate for the plants and a couple plants that I had been quarantining(the small ones on the bottom). But I feel like she’s not having as much fun. She won’t come up to the side and get zoomies anymore…should I be worried about her change in behavior?
All parameters are in good range right now. I did have a spite in nitrites and nitrates yesterday. Did a 50% water change according to my cheat sheet for appropriate levels and have been testing daily and using SeaChem Prime as needed. Today I just see nitrates at between 10-20 ppm.
Also, please don’t mind the lack of plants atm. Working on getting more. The hornwort really made her 5 gallon look heavily planted and now not so much 😅
https://i.redd.it/xux33x5oavwf1.jpeg
Posted by Candid-Jackfruit7561
1 Comment
Just keep doing water changes. I had to do one almost every day for a few weeks until things started to die down for my 20 gal. I also had my harlequin rasboras in there. I did have issues with diatoms for a hot second around month 3 but that’s normal in a new tank. More plants also help suck up those nitrates (you can never have too many imo, I know you said you’re getting more). Nitrates are the least harmful to fish so mainly focus on keeping your ammonia and nitrite close to 0.