HELP!! WORRIED ABOUT MY FISH!!

[kamuii]

My firefish would hide in her cave anytime there was extra noise or people in the house, also every night to sleep. Getting to know what is "normal" for your fish now that it has to adjust to life in a tank will take time. Good luck!

thanks! it's a new experience for the both of us lol, i'm seeing what is normal for them and they are getting used to their new home.. kinda funny to me lol

 

[brett_schn]

Nice and is that the petsmart topfin 10g tank combo for $50-$65? I

 

[kamuii]

Nice and is that the petsmart topfin 10g tank combo for $50-$65? I

no it's the aqueon 15g column tank
i gave about $120 for the tank and stand lol

 

[brett_schn]

Oh ok

 

[NWatt]

I've only had success with drip acclimation. Just dumping the fish in is too stressful on the fish. Even if you float the bag it only acclimates to the temp.of your water. Drip acclimating helps them slowly adjust to all your water parameters.

 

[Sdoutreefer]

I've had success without drip acclimation. I usually float the bag for temp, and add a half cup of water every 15 minutes for an hour or more, depending on how much water is in the bag.

 

[CalebWBrink2000]

My purple firefish has a cave in a rock that he stays in all day. He comes out to eat, and then once he is full, he goes back in for the rest of the day until the next feeding. They are very shy and skittish fish.

 

[kamuii]

My purple firefish has a cave in a rock that he stays in all day. He comes out to eat, and then once he is full, he goes back in for the rest of the day until the next feeding. They are very shy and skittish fish.

aww, mine likes to explore (maybe cause i just got him? lol) but he is very skittish when other people go up to the tank and when i put my syringe in to feed him (i had to shoot the shrimp into the water lol) he got scared

 

[kamuii]

I've had success without drip acclimation. I usually float the bag for temp, and add a half cup of water every 15 minutes for an hour or more, depending on how much water is in the bag.

i drip acclimated my snails and my fish, i acclimated the snails for about 5 mins and i acclimated speedy (that's what we decided to name our fish lol) for about 5 mins as well.. which wasn't nearly enough time... but you live and you learn

 

[kamuii]

update: me and my brother named him.. he's really fast.. so we named him speedy lol! the snails are doing good and so is he.
here's some pics of speedy and his pit stop crew (and also an excuse to show my newby aquascape)

 

[brett_schn]

update: me and my brother named him.. he's really fast.. so we named him speedy lol! the snails are doing good and so is he.
here's some pics of speedy and his pit stop crew (and also an excuse to show my newby aquascape)

I named mine flash