Over crowded?
- Thread starter King Chubs
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Nitrite is still good, and ammonia has gone down from 1 ppm to .5.
Apollo is a bully, lol. He keeps chasing Mogh around, nipping at his tail, and steeling his spinach from him.
Doesn't seem to have a problem breathing. He does move around, he just spends a lot of time to himself in the corner, behind the plant. He's out, poking around right now.
Ya, it's weird. He moves around a lot, just doesn't often venture far from that corner.
I went with an 80 actually. I'm cycling the one using two fish, and kept the other two in the 33 for the time being. I'm doing close to a 50% water change every couple days now.
So ok, last night after doing tests on the nitrite, and ammonia levels, they were both low (nitrite was actually 0). So, I decided it might be ok to transfer the rest of the fish to the large tank, and just continue the cycle there. It's 80 gallons, with 262.5% filtration, so I figured it couldn't really hurt them.
The same behavior is going on with Chubs, hanging out in the one corner. I moved the rock, and the plant from that corner, because I thought perhaps he was just shy. The others seem to like to hang around the one corner as well. I thought maybe the noise from the air pump might be drawing him there, so I moved it, no change. So I'm wondering, is it symptomatic of something wrong with him? Or is he attracted to something in the corner? I'm really confused by this behavior.
Like, he doesn't stay there all the time. He spends plenty of time swimming around the tank. But then he'll go back, spend a min or two there, then he's off again.
The same behavior is going on with Chubs, hanging out in the one corner. I moved the rock, and the plant from that corner, because I thought perhaps he was just shy. The others seem to like to hang around the one corner as well. I thought maybe the noise from the air pump might be drawing him there, so I moved it, no change. So I'm wondering, is it symptomatic of something wrong with him? Or is he attracted to something in the corner? I'm really confused by this behavior.
Like, he doesn't stay there all the time. He spends plenty of time swimming around the tank. But then he'll go back, spend a min or two there, then he's off again.
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What color are the gills? It's probably something to do with the cycle-ammonia, nitrite problems.
