Hi,
I'm new to the whole aquarium thing and got 3 "julii" cories from petco a couple days ago. I have a new 10 gallon partially planted tank - maybe not quite cycled? - I used caribsea's instant aquarium gravel (setup for 48 hours) and a whole bottle of tetra safe start (30 minutes before) when I put them in there. I read the API test as 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, and 5 nitrate. (Am I right?) One of the smaller ones seemed to be pretty pink (the whole underside) but I thought it would perk/clear up. Now all three seem to be pretty pink, especially around the gills and appear to be breathing heavily. There's also some sort of green/gold glint on the gills. The very pink one became very lethargic and the other two are active - or panicked. I'm not sure if I ever saw the lethargic one eat and am getting very worried. Is this normal? Or disease, like velvet?
I did try to search and look around but I'm not sure. The links are to pics to be clear.
Thanks for reading.
I'm new to the whole aquarium thing and got 3 "julii" cories from petco a couple days ago. I have a new 10 gallon partially planted tank - maybe not quite cycled? - I used caribsea's instant aquarium gravel (setup for 48 hours) and a whole bottle of tetra safe start (30 minutes before) when I put them in there. I read the API test as 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, and 5 nitrate. (Am I right?) One of the smaller ones seemed to be pretty pink (the whole underside) but I thought it would perk/clear up. Now all three seem to be pretty pink, especially around the gills and appear to be breathing heavily. There's also some sort of green/gold glint on the gills. The very pink one became very lethargic and the other two are active - or panicked. I'm not sure if I ever saw the lethargic one eat and am getting very worried. Is this normal? Or disease, like velvet?
I did try to search and look around but I'm not sure. The links are to pics to be clear.
Thanks for reading.