[APD] Re: Corys Not Active

[Dave Millman <dave at tactics_com>]

At 12:03 PM 3/16/2004 -0500, Jason Hatton wrote:
> I just set up my tank.
>
> The tank is about 4 days old and I have 4 mollies, a betta, a bala
> shark, and two cory juliis.
>
> The corys don't appear to be moving much and I haven't seen them eat
> anything yet.  I looked around on the web to see  what other people said
> about their corys and most said they were pretty active and always
> foraging from food.
>
> I am a little concerned about them but, wondering if I really should be.
>
>
> The tank as of yesterday had ammonia at .5 ppm
> pH is still iffy but my guess is is 7.6.  It is sitting on the
> boundaries of my test kit. No nitrites yet although I put bio spira in
> the tank four days ago.

Unfortunately, that much ammonia is will kill delicate fish, and stress 
most others. Your upcoming Nitrite spike will have them all clamping their 
fins and swimming like cripples.

You didn't mention whether this is a plant tank. With that much detectable 
ammonia, my guess is that it is a fish-only tank.

For your fishes sake, do an immediate water change squirt a full dose of 
Amquel or Prime every few days to detoxify the ammonia and the upcoming 
nitrite. It should not slow down your cycling process. Next time, a faster 
way to cycle the tank is to get a nice dirty filter pad or sponge for your 
filter from an established tank, and to use that in conjunction with fresh 
filtration media for the first 8 weeks, along with a low fish load.

And always treat every drop of water change water with the recommended 
amount of Amquel or Prime. Never wash biological filtration material in tap 
water-only in waste aquarium water.  

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