DaveWatkin
Member
Hey guys,
I got 15 chili rasbora (actually not all chili, there's a range of different marking types but were sold as chili and are all similar) about 2 months ago and they just don't seem to be settling. They have periods of chill but then revert back to glass surfing on the right hand side of my tank in the flow of the filter output, I thought they didn't even like flow! Only other occupants of the tank are some amanos and snails.
The tank is a FLuval Flex 15 gal with an island of plants (Java, Anubias and Buce). Water parameters seem fine and are constant @ 8Gh, 6Kh, 7ish PH, 0 Nitrite, 0 Ammonia and barely close to 5ppm Nitrate even if a water change is missed. Waterchanges are weekly at 50-60% using Prime and Stability. Tank gets 1.5 ml of APT zero and 1.5ml excel daily.
To try and appease them I've reduced the flow to minimum which is about 60ltrs/hour from memory and I have the light at the second to lowest setting and have floating Salvinia and Frogbit further diluting the light. I've added mini and full size Catappa leaves to stain the water and lower the PH a little as 7 is slightly high for them (not worked so far).
Despite all this they seem to get spooked for days at a time and drop their colour and glass surf. I've tried covering that side of the tank but no effect. Tank is in a bright room but not in direct sunlight and behaviour continues when curtains are drawn.
Looked up various other posts but they never seem to come to a resolution so they either fixed and didn't update or gave up.
Not sure what to do with these guys!
Will add some photos in a reply from my phone. If anyone knows how to get photos off an iPhone to a PC in a useable format please tell me haha!
I got 15 chili rasbora (actually not all chili, there's a range of different marking types but were sold as chili and are all similar) about 2 months ago and they just don't seem to be settling. They have periods of chill but then revert back to glass surfing on the right hand side of my tank in the flow of the filter output, I thought they didn't even like flow! Only other occupants of the tank are some amanos and snails.
The tank is a FLuval Flex 15 gal with an island of plants (Java, Anubias and Buce). Water parameters seem fine and are constant @ 8Gh, 6Kh, 7ish PH, 0 Nitrite, 0 Ammonia and barely close to 5ppm Nitrate even if a water change is missed. Waterchanges are weekly at 50-60% using Prime and Stability. Tank gets 1.5 ml of APT zero and 1.5ml excel daily.
To try and appease them I've reduced the flow to minimum which is about 60ltrs/hour from memory and I have the light at the second to lowest setting and have floating Salvinia and Frogbit further diluting the light. I've added mini and full size Catappa leaves to stain the water and lower the PH a little as 7 is slightly high for them (not worked so far).
Despite all this they seem to get spooked for days at a time and drop their colour and glass surf. I've tried covering that side of the tank but no effect. Tank is in a bright room but not in direct sunlight and behaviour continues when curtains are drawn.
Looked up various other posts but they never seem to come to a resolution so they either fixed and didn't update or gave up.
Not sure what to do with these guys!
Will add some photos in a reply from my phone. If anyone knows how to get photos off an iPhone to a PC in a useable format please tell me haha!