herotilapia multispinosa sideways

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Matt724

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HELP! My fish came today and when i took them out of the bag, they were in deep brown water and a few of them were sideways, but then I put them in a slightly larger container and started the drip method from my quarantine tank into the container. Then only a couple were sideways on the bottom still breathing. After an hour of the drip method, i put them into the quarantine tank with the lights out to keep them calmer and an hour later, when i turned the lights back on, I found three of them laying on the sand barely breathing. So I scooped them up, made some fresh water with some prime, stuck the container in my quarantine tank, and put the fish in a with a moderately heavy flow airline in it. Can anyone tell me what this is? I think it might be just acclimation issues, or maybe the pH of the waters were too much of a change. IDK, because the other 5 fish I received seem fine, just a little shaken up, but these are sideways. I really don't want to lose these. what should i do?:nilly:

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