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Kesh88
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I've added 5 cute little corydoras to my tank
after reading this section of Fishlore I've realised I've made a couple of rookie mistakes...
I FORGOT TO QUARANTINE!!!
I can't believe I've made such silly mistake! I've only ever had one community tank with platies, guppies and white clouds mountain minnows. I got all the platies and guppie at he same store at the same time so never really had to quarantine them, aside from not adding my existing WCMM to the tank a few weeks after getting the platies and guppies. My WCMM spend late spring to late autumn outside in my water garden.
I mainly keep bettas and as there is only one fish in each tank I've never had to quarantine. I only realised my mistake after reading through this site :-(
Should I take the cories out of the tank with the WCMM now? I can quickly set up a large plastic tub with a cycled sponge filter and fake plants if I need to.
I've also mixed types of cories, I have 2 albino, 2 peppered and 1 bronze. So far the same types don't seem to group together any more than they group with the others. In the store all 3 types were mixed together (literally ddozens in one tank) will they be happy together?
Lastly I don't have any sand in my tank for them, just smooth gravel. I would like at add a patch of sand, or maybe have half sand half gravel in the tank. I've never used sand before so not sure what to get?
I FORGOT TO QUARANTINE!!!
I can't believe I've made such silly mistake! I've only ever had one community tank with platies, guppies and white clouds mountain minnows. I got all the platies and guppie at he same store at the same time so never really had to quarantine them, aside from not adding my existing WCMM to the tank a few weeks after getting the platies and guppies. My WCMM spend late spring to late autumn outside in my water garden.
I mainly keep bettas and as there is only one fish in each tank I've never had to quarantine. I only realised my mistake after reading through this site :-(
Should I take the cories out of the tank with the WCMM now? I can quickly set up a large plastic tub with a cycled sponge filter and fake plants if I need to.
I've also mixed types of cories, I have 2 albino, 2 peppered and 1 bronze. So far the same types don't seem to group together any more than they group with the others. In the store all 3 types were mixed together (literally ddozens in one tank) will they be happy together?
Lastly I don't have any sand in my tank for them, just smooth gravel. I would like at add a patch of sand, or maybe have half sand half gravel in the tank. I've never used sand before so not sure what to get?
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