Finally my tank has cycled after a month, so I went out and bought some Cardinals. There was only one store in town that had them and there where really small. 1/2" and less in size. I had them in there over night and berfore I went to bed they where acting fine. Schooled real nice, acted like everything was great. I shut the lights off over night so about 8-10 hours the lights our off. I woke up this morning and turned on the lights and all of the cardinals where spread out throughout the tank, and sitting on the bottom and they all had lost their color At first I thought that they all had died. I left the room for about 10 minutes and came back in and they all where schooled again, regained there color and acted normal. I put some food in there and they all went crazy for it.
The question is. Do they always act like this when the lights go out? Am I tuning the lights off for to long? Any info would help. I spent a good amount of money on these tiny guys and I would hate to lose them because they are so beuatiful fish, and when they are schooled to gether they look awsome. Thanks this forum has helped me out a lot in setting up my tank.
The question is. Do they always act like this when the lights go out? Am I tuning the lights off for to long? Any info would help. I spent a good amount of money on these tiny guys and I would hate to lose them because they are so beuatiful fish, and when they are schooled to gether they look awsome. Thanks this forum has helped me out a lot in setting up my tank.
