ok well i have 3 speckled corys: cory frank and bob in thisbe's 20 gal long its been up maybe a month and a half maybe longer now
i have a pennplax 30 gph filter
a jebo sponge filter (used as a co2 reactor for my diy co2 system)
a pennplax adjustable 100w heater keeps water @ almos 80 degrees
i add about 2 tsp of aquarium salt (for my gobies)
and some live plants
i want to cycle the tank later but have no money for a mater test kit a.t.m (also if anyone has any info on all i need on cycling please send it my way =) my fish will love you for it =P) so i just take some of my water every now and then to petco to mooch off of them for free water tests =P atleast to make sure the waters safe
so heres my problem about a week ago i changed a gallon of the water and then one of my cories started acting weird and just stopped moving around so i moved him to a seperate tank in case of sickness (2gal) and added a bit of aquarium salt he seemed to get a lil better over 2 days but still barely any movement then last night he was breathing heavily and had a small 'spaz attack' and this morning he was dead
i went to exchange him and have my water tested and they said everythings fine but my amonia was a little high so i vacumed my gravel and changed about 3 gallons and now another cory is acting as the other did (not moving and slightly on his side) but the other two are fine and wiggling all over the tank the only diferance in what i do with my water is i switched from amquel conditioner to seachem prime since i read such good reviews on it
what do you guys think is going wrong?
these are my first corys i've ever had so im not too familiar on how they are though i did read up a bit before buying
i have a pennplax 30 gph filter
a jebo sponge filter (used as a co2 reactor for my diy co2 system)
a pennplax adjustable 100w heater keeps water @ almos 80 degrees
i add about 2 tsp of aquarium salt (for my gobies)
and some live plants
i want to cycle the tank later but have no money for a mater test kit a.t.m (also if anyone has any info on all i need on cycling please send it my way =) my fish will love you for it =P) so i just take some of my water every now and then to petco to mooch off of them for free water tests =P atleast to make sure the waters safe
so heres my problem about a week ago i changed a gallon of the water and then one of my cories started acting weird and just stopped moving around so i moved him to a seperate tank in case of sickness (2gal) and added a bit of aquarium salt he seemed to get a lil better over 2 days but still barely any movement then last night he was breathing heavily and had a small 'spaz attack' and this morning he was dead
i went to exchange him and have my water tested and they said everythings fine but my amonia was a little high so i vacumed my gravel and changed about 3 gallons and now another cory is acting as the other did (not moving and slightly on his side) but the other two are fine and wiggling all over the tank the only diferance in what i do with my water is i switched from amquel conditioner to seachem prime since i read such good reviews on it
what do you guys think is going wrong?
these are my first corys i've ever had so im not too familiar on how they are though i did read up a bit before buying