So if he were to win a fish, it would be swimming around with his established fish a mere hour or two later. But just then my nephew took aim, a determined look in his eye. He flicked his wrist and, as if in slow motion, the ball arced through the air and, plunk! So why not take our chances? One day she got a hankering for a paradise fish. So she picked one that looked plump and healthy and added it to her gallon tank. Everything went fine for about a month—until the day that Weston noticed a red worm protruding from the vent of that plump, healthy-looking paradise fish.
It was a camallanus worm, a nasty and contagious nematode that lives in the intestines of fish. But soon it was wreaking havoc in all of her tanks. Tim Miller-Morgan, an aquatic veterinarian who runs the ornamental fish health program of the Oregon Extension Sea Grant. How long it takes for this to happen, though, can depend on a number of factors, including the species of fish, the pathogen, and the water conditions both are living in.
If every pathogen has its own life cycle, and the life cycle is often dependent on water conditions such as temperature, then how do you know how long of a quarantine is long enough? Is two weeks adequate, as some fishkeepers insist? Or three weeks? A month? Not having a quarantine tank is a bit like gambling. Sometimes you can hit a hot streak, but the odds will likely catch up to you before long, potentially costing you the lives of all your fish.
In addition to preventing the spread of infectious disease, quarantine tanks also allow fish to get adjusted to a new type of water and food. When they are not being used for quarantine, these tanks can double as treatment tanks. Treating the entire display tank for a problem that only infects a few fish is not good practice, not to mention it stresses the entire aquarium population.
The most common ailments you should prophylactically treat against are:. These diseases are the most common in a saltwater environment, and also the ones that can cause the most damage.
If you are going to prophylactically treat your fish, you should commit to doing so for the entire suggested period. That new fish might very well be disease-free, but it also might not. It would be close to instant cycle, but in all probability you will see a mini-cycle.
If you are not keeping fish as the bio load, add something to create a bio load to feed the BB or it will crash and then your back to doing another cycle. It's easy to tell if your cycling or it is complete - test your water parameters.
It is not uncommon to see your ammonia level rise, but never develop nitrites - they are always zero. You will then see nitrates. Soon after the ammonia goes to zero with nitrates up and stay there.
Cycle complete. This process could take a week or two to complete. Yes I don't think it has a full cycle, because my main tank only have 6 Guppies and 1 Catfish Dwarf suckers , so the number of bacteria can be that big, and I take a little media from that, I don't think I can have 5 Panda Corys , without ammonia spikes, I think I will put some more Media in, take one sponsor out, and put some medianfrom my main tank, and then cross my fingers that it is enough, and I will test the water every day.
He's exploring, that's totally normal. Especially when introduced to a new aquarium, fish will often zoom all over the place to get to know their new surroundings.
Don't worry about it. Ok I got myself some sand and some plants and 5 Corydoras panda, I just dump them in but first took the water out, when I dump them in, I followed her guide. If you already have done this, I hope they are doing well and did not get over stressed or have any temperature shock. I do float the bag of fish in the tank to allow their water to equalize to the temp in the tank. You want to match temps or they will get stressed, Which is often the primary cause for fish to developing ich.
Temperature differences will often stress your fish and you want to avoid too large or fast of a change. Your pics look like you will have a nice set-up once you get it all together. Edit: I guess I should have said that she discusses a way to handle your new fish as an importer but not when coming home from your LFS.
I'm not sure I agree with all her analogies. Bags of fish shipped over long distance and several days may have some of the issues described, but something just purchased at the LFS will not. You can look at the millions of fish purchased and how many folks float their bags or do the drip method for acclamation and have no issues. You can pick your methods and we all have to decide what's best for the safe keeping of our fish.
If the fish are alright - then no harm. This hobby is a learning experience through trial and error. Many find the drip method the less stressful for their fish. It's great that you are researching and looking for the best ways to take care of your fish. Don't fret things but keep going as we all are always learning. FWIW - I think the video is from someone who imports a lot of fish, most likely a fish store or wholesaler and they have to work fast and efficient to cut costs.
Now if you were to purchase fish on line and they shipped to you with many days of transit, you may want to use her method. Personally I would go with the drip method.
Keep doing what your doing. Your fine. Keep the pics coming as your tank comes together. I don't think you have to worry about cycling the tank - it looked like a pretty big tank, and you're going to tear it down again if there are no problems.
If it's as large as it looks 15 gal? I'm a bit worried now, I left my apartment fore 2 hours the room has been dark for 2 hours and the light has been turned off so he has been totally Darkness, when I turn the light on, they will just laying still on the bottom is that normal like they're sleeping? Here is the video of them :. Yep, watch them and you will see them get more active as they get accustom to having lights on. When your fish have been in QT for a month, then you should be okay to move them to main tank.
Not sure of what your asking about 10 fish. Are you adding to the QT tank? You have 5 fish now and going to 10? You should be okay to add, but try not to go more than that. If any of the fish have issues, then you are treating a larger group of fish.
Your bio loading will double, so watch your water parameters. If you see an ammonia spike, do water changes to get it down below 0.
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