After the tragedy in my 40 gallon i decided to go ahead with my stocking plan of neon tetras. I got 15 of them and quarantined them for a whole month, and later got 9 more which i also quarantined. They were all doing very well in quarantine, they were all eating and seemed very healthy! But as soon as i transfer them to the 40 gallon, they just stopped eating completely. I'm sure it was in part due to stress from the new environment but several weeks later they still aren't eating. At least, i don't see them eat at all.
The same thing happened with the 9 other ones, did great in quarantine and were all little piggies. But now they don't eat just like the others after the move. The 40 gallon had a whole month to sort out whatever problems occurred in there and all the previous fish except for 1 healthy cory (and some baby platies that i missed) were rehomed. I figured since i thought it was an ammonia spike that killed the previous fish it would be fine for new ones after some time and many water changes.
They seem interested in the food and don't appear stressed at all (swimming around, scattered in the tank, breathing normal etc). They go up to the food but spit it out. I figured the food might be bad even though it was the same mix i used when they were in quarantine. So i tried live daphnia and frozen bloodworms. It seems like one or two go after those but most don't.
I'm at a loss as to what's going on here, If anyone can troubleshoot and help me find a solution i would very much appreciate it.
The same thing happened with the 9 other ones, did great in quarantine and were all little piggies. But now they don't eat just like the others after the move. The 40 gallon had a whole month to sort out whatever problems occurred in there and all the previous fish except for 1 healthy cory (and some baby platies that i missed) were rehomed. I figured since i thought it was an ammonia spike that killed the previous fish it would be fine for new ones after some time and many water changes.
They seem interested in the food and don't appear stressed at all (swimming around, scattered in the tank, breathing normal etc). They go up to the food but spit it out. I figured the food might be bad even though it was the same mix i used when they were in quarantine. So i tried live daphnia and frozen bloodworms. It seems like one or two go after those but most don't.
I'm at a loss as to what's going on here, If anyone can troubleshoot and help me find a solution i would very much appreciate it.