neupane00

I have about 3 weeks old 29 gallon tank.
parameters:
ammonia : 1
nitrite: .25
nitrate: 7
so i dont know if its cycled yet.

Story: i added 3 corys yesterday. They were happy as they can be after few hours they were introduced to the tank. these guys were acclimated over course of 35 minutes.
Now today i decided to add 1 more to make bigger group. this last fish was acclimated over about 20 minutes. yeah i rushed .. i bought all of them from same place

Situation: Now i see one cory ( wonder if he is the one i added today) seems sick. Everyone else is exploring, playing together whereas this one is just sitting near the corner of the tank. I almost thought he was dead as he was even leaning against the tank. But now i see he is moving his fins but he is just sitting there for last 6 hours. same position.

What do i do? please help

SWilkins

First I would do about a 25-50% water change and get those levels down. Corys are very sensitive. You will probably have to do water changes daily to keep the levels in control and just keep testing. Good luck!!

MeGustaUnaPez926

He could be asleep. Its more likely ammonia poisoning.
A tank is not cycled and therefore not safe for fish until there is no ammonia, no nitrites, and no nitrates. You need to do daily 50% water changes and use Prime to detoxidize the ammonia until the tank cycles.
Good luck, hope your cories make it. I'm not sure if they're any medication that will reverse the effects of ammonia poisoning, maybe someone else will.

neupane00

hey guys, i guess that one cory was just asleep and being lazy yesterday. i see him active today. i did about 15% water chagned and added lil extra stress coat too. lets hope they all do good.

MeGustaUnaPez926

Well, glad to here hes getting better but it's still a good idea to finish cycling the tank before anything else happens.