my peacock are dying

[liemha]

i just bought 13 baby peacock, about 3", everyday one of them die on me. not sure what's wrong, i know the water is good, can someone help me out

 

[TheMightyOscar]

what are the temps? what are you feeding them?

 

[liemha]

temp is set to 80, feeding them with dry shrimp

 

[AnDr3w]

No tank should be a little higher, maybe 83. Add salt if its not planted.

If it is planted, take the pbass out and put them in a new tank, then add salt. 1 teaspoon fo every 5 gallons.

 

[liemha]

salt? you mean the aquarium salt from petsmart? k, i'll try that.

so far, 4 of them die in four days, it's like they're taking turn to die. >:|

 

[soggysandwich]

try feeding them live until they grow a little more

 

[liemha]

live food? like what?

 

[AnDr3w]

Live food as in guppies and rosy reds. Many baby Peacock bass ONLY take live food. I have mine on krill.

 

[TheMightyOscar]

set the temp to 90, add some salt and feed them some live foods

what are your EXACT water parameters?

and what size tank are they all in?

 

[liemha]

i'm pretty sure one of them gonna die when I get home from work today, i'm working right now so I can't add salt and change the temp yet, but i'll do that first thing when i get home

75 gal is where they are now, i bought 13 peacock 3" and 2 frontosa bout 1.5", they share the tank, well, i only have 9 peacock and 2 frontosa now :-(