Since I moved the clown loaches and senegal birchirs to the sand substrate they haven't been eating. The senegals will eat ghost shrimp but no longer eat the pellets, they won't even eat krill and they went nuts for it in the other tank.. They sniff them and then go in search of food. The clowns might eat some but I keep seeing food on the floor an hour after I feed them and suck it out. I'm not overfeeding and still end up with some on the floor.
The nitrites have dropped to barely detectable levels but still not 0, I have been doing daily waterchanges to keep them low. They never got above .25. The tank was supposed to be an instant cycle, moved a filter over from another tank.
Its been a week, the birchirs look okay but the clowns look stressed. The color is very faded and they hide all day. I figure its the daily waterchanges coupled with the move. When they do come out when the lights are out they swim together a lot.
I'm going to try frozen beef heart tomorrow.
The nitrites have dropped to barely detectable levels but still not 0, I have been doing daily waterchanges to keep them low. They never got above .25. The tank was supposed to be an instant cycle, moved a filter over from another tank.
Its been a week, the birchirs look okay but the clowns look stressed. The color is very faded and they hide all day. I figure its the daily waterchanges coupled with the move. When they do come out when the lights are out they swim together a lot.
I'm going to try frozen beef heart tomorrow.
