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Wrestler 4 Life

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Picked up 2 orinos 2" looked great when released ate 5 guppies each immediately. Water is 84deg. I had 4 small feeders in there that I though they would not eat but I think only one did and now I found him floating. Released them 10/10 at 3PM. Did it died because it ate to much? Help I'm a ROOKIE............

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channarox;2300247; said:
possibly infection.
too bad about the loss. :(
and welcome to mfk!
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yeah he possibly got an infection from the feeders, but lots of folks have a hard time keeping juveniles you really need to monitor these guys
 
bump the temp to 87 so you have no worries.. maybe the cichla was a little slow from the start.. anyways nice orinos or at least the guy in the bottom pic looks like one.
 
Wrestler 4 Life;2301757; said:
What do you mean cycled?
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Cycling your tank is probably something that you have never heard of unless you have been paying attention to the *.aquaria news groups, you have several friends with tanks, or you are working with a fairly good pet shop. The effects of the cycling process are sometimes referred to as "New Tank Syndrome."
"Cycling the tank" means that you are establishing a bacteria bed in your biological filter to remove the toxins that the fish's metabolism creates. There are right and wrong ways to do this, and several things you can do to slow this process (which you don't want to do). There are two steps to cycling, but you don't have to do anything special for either of them. First, your filter will grow a culture of bacteria that digest ammonia and turn it into Nitrite (which is more toxic than the ammonia in hard water or water with a higher pH), then your filter produces bacteria that digest Nitrite and turn it into relatively harmless Nitrate. However, Nitrate will contribute to loss of appetite and stress in your fish, as well as contributing to algae growth, so it is important to do regular small water changes to keep your tank in best condition.
 
nice orinos.. everyone that has a fish tank "should" know what cycling a tank means, but alot of people don't and then wonder why their fish don't make it.... i am not exactly implying this towards you but in general. btw how long has your tank been running?
 
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