Today I got a 7 ember tetras for my 10 gallon tank along with 2 nerite snails. The tank is fully cycled and full of plants. It has a lot of algae from the old filter I used to cycle it with but my snails seem to love it.
The shop I got them from only had 7, they weren't kept very well and the person who put them into the bag to take home was very violent and careless. (Most of the fish played dead for a while when acclimating because of this)
Anyway, after releasing them into the tank they were very happy and active. They swam around and explored together and it was super cute! But when I turned the light on after an hour and they immediately swam to the bottom and stayed there. At first I thought it was shock but after a few hours I noticed them being less active and hiding in my plants. I turned the light off again after a while and 3 began to slowly swim back out.
I'm guessing this is because my lights are too bright? But I can't dim them or put any paper over the lid like my other tanks because they light is inside the lid not above (I don't know how to explain it's positioning).
I tried floating plants in the tank before I had fish but they died because they couldn't stay above the water.
Is it because they are already stressed, too few in numbers or because they can't handle the light?
What can I use to dim the lights and what common floating plants could I get to survive my slightly fast flow?
The shop I got them from only had 7, they weren't kept very well and the person who put them into the bag to take home was very violent and careless. (Most of the fish played dead for a while when acclimating because of this)
Anyway, after releasing them into the tank they were very happy and active. They swam around and explored together and it was super cute! But when I turned the light on after an hour and they immediately swam to the bottom and stayed there. At first I thought it was shock but after a few hours I noticed them being less active and hiding in my plants. I turned the light off again after a while and 3 began to slowly swim back out.
I'm guessing this is because my lights are too bright? But I can't dim them or put any paper over the lid like my other tanks because they light is inside the lid not above (I don't know how to explain it's positioning).
I tried floating plants in the tank before I had fish but they died because they couldn't stay above the water.
Is it because they are already stressed, too few in numbers or because they can't handle the light?
What can I use to dim the lights and what common floating plants could I get to survive my slightly fast flow?