Daily water changes in Qt tank?

[Bleu]

Question about quarantine tanks, once you get the fish, it daily water changes? I always wondered how to avoid an ammonia spike while they QT.

 

[Bwood22]

Well, i keep mine cycled. A few drops of ammonia twice a week along with s water change will keep it ready for anytime you need a hospital/quarantine.

But yeah, just keep fresh water in there.

 

[Bleu]

So add Stress Guard daily then? Today I added some, previous days I was too, but sucks I lost one. I wish I had left the light off.

When I was there I didn’t ask for specific cory’s but I did pick out 1 specific male guppy. The one that died (today) was paler in comparison, so it makes me wonder if he wasn’t doing so hot.

My friend was kind enough to return the 2 dead ones (I’m so sad that they died), for me, but went out to a further location. They exchanged them for me, but I wasn’t there to see these new ones from this loc.

This one from the new location seems much more spunky, compared to my current ones. Kind of unhappy though that they exchanged my former male guppy, for another female. Now I have 1 m, 1 f and he’s already annoying her. I really don’t want guppy babies either.

I think I’m going to lose 1 more corydora cause the one with the missing eye isn’t doing well now. The other 2 + new one seem OK-ish.

I will keep doing weekly wc’s & adding stress coat.

Well, i keep mine cycled. A few drops of ammonia twice a week along with s water change will keep it ready for anytime you need a hospital/quarantine.

But yeah, just keep fresh water in there.

Oh ok, perfect I’ll just cycle one then, I prefer that, I never understood dumping them in an uncycled one tbh.

 

[DuaneV]

A single Betta doesnt create a large bioload. You added a LOT of new fish to the tank along with more food so it will throw off parameters. Not sure how you have zero ammonia showing unless they died within hours and you took a reading then. If so, it could be stress or something in your tank. The ONLY thing I personally would have added was Prime.

Corys really need a school (6-8+ fish of the same species ideally) to really thrive. Same with Guppies as they have a hierarchy and they WILL bully each other, hence the missing eye. The fewer the Guppies, the worse the bullying. Also, I would never keep Guppies with a Betta as an established Betta WILL see them as a threat.

So that said, do you use city water and if so do you use Prime? If you are on city water and not using Prime, it could be chlorine/chloramine poisoning for the Corys. Same with the Guppies, but Id bet it was themselves and/or the Betta.

As for acclimating, if the parameters of the tank are good (no ammonia, nitrites and LOW nitrates), the PH is close and the temp is within a couple degrees, drop the new fish right in. No need of "acclimation". Every fish Ive ever bought from Petco or anywhere else (Discus, GBRs included) have been floated for 15 minutes, a little tank water added to their bag, floated another 10-15 and then dropped right into the quarantine tank. After quarantine (a month) I net the fish I want and drop it right into the tank I want. Never lost a fish in 44+ years doing it this way.

Sorry about the tough time with the new fish. It can be frustrating.

 

[Bleu]

A single Betta doesnt create a large bioload. You added a LOT of new fish to the tank along with more food so it will throw off parameters. Not sure how you have zero ammonia showing unless they died within hours and you took a reading then. If so, it could be stress or something in your tank. The ONLY thing I personally would have added was Prime.

Corys really need a school (6-8+ fish of the same species ideally) to really thrive. Same with Guppies as they have a hierarchy and they WILL bully each other, hence the missing eye. The fewer the Guppies, the worse the bullying. Also, I would never keep Guppies with a Betta as an established Betta WILL see them as a threat.

So that said, do you use city water and if so do you use Prime? If you are on city water and not using Prime, it could be chlorine/chloramine poisoning for the Corys. Same with the Guppies, but Id bet it was themselves and/or the Betta.

As for acclimating, if the parameters of the tank are good (no ammonia, nitrites and LOW nitrates), the PH is close and the temp is within a couple degrees, drop the new fish right in. No need of "acclimation". Every fish Ive ever bought from Petco or anywhere else (Discus, GBRs included) have been floated for 15 minutes, a little tank water added to their bag, floated another 10-15 and then dropped right into the quarantine tank. After quarantine (a month) I net the fish I want and drop it right into the tank I want. Never lost a fish in 44+ years doing it this way.

Sorry about the tough time with the new fish. It can be frustrating.

My tank is still showing 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite as well. I even have one of those alert stickers. No matter how many times I test, 0. The test isn't faulty either, because once I had a fish in a bucket temporarily, before I moved him into a cycled tank awhile back ago, and the ammonia would show ammonia via the bucket.

I also didn't feed the fish for a few days, I only started feeding them now, because I do know I added too many.

There is no betta in this tank. I already use prime/city water.

No, the cory was already missing an eye, Pet Smart gave me a cory with a missing eye, but he's doing well.

I genuinely think Pet Smart fish are not good at all, so, out of the batch I got, 3 died in total, 2 cories, and 1 guppy. They decided to give me a replacement via a different location, and one of the new cory's they gave me in, the bag from the get-go had a red mark under it's fin. Don't know what that is indicating (parasite? Or, ammonia burns from the PS tanks?)

The guppies are doing well, and the other 2 cory's (one w missing eye from PS) are doing super well two, plus the new 1.

The last 2 cories from PS didn't do so well, they didn't die in a day, I was able to keep them alive for 4-5 days, but from the get go, they weren't doing well in the tank. Either acclimation bothered them (usually I acclimate the same way you do, or do drip method), but I had to leave early on emergency, OR, they just were fragile. I had Pet Smart fish die in the bag before I've made it home too.

And yup, I know about the guppies needing more, and same with cories, the tank they're in are only temporarily then they'll be transferred to a 33 long, with a bigger group.