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Hi
A few weeks ago I got my first A. Borellii(7 fish). After a day or two they stopped eating and eventually 6 of them died(one female left). Three days ago I was fortunate enough to get another pair,- Apisto's are quite hard to get hold of in New Zealand and very expensive. I tested the conductivity of the LFS water and it was 3900 uS/cm! I am fortunate to have rainwater on tap at 40uS/cm. After acclimating them to quarantine tank they also stopped eating and are not looking good. They were lively at LFS and for the first day with me. I presume the shop uses salt in their water, what is the best way of acclimating fish from these conditions?
My water: pH 6.5
Conductivity 40uS
Ammonia:0
Nitrites:0
Nitrates: 10 ( How accurate is API test Kit?)
I feed BBS and white worm.
Thanks
Andries
A few weeks ago I got my first A. Borellii(7 fish). After a day or two they stopped eating and eventually 6 of them died(one female left). Three days ago I was fortunate enough to get another pair,- Apisto's are quite hard to get hold of in New Zealand and very expensive. I tested the conductivity of the LFS water and it was 3900 uS/cm! I am fortunate to have rainwater on tap at 40uS/cm. After acclimating them to quarantine tank they also stopped eating and are not looking good. They were lively at LFS and for the first day with me. I presume the shop uses salt in their water, what is the best way of acclimating fish from these conditions?
My water: pH 6.5
Conductivity 40uS
Ammonia:0
Nitrites:0
Nitrates: 10 ( How accurate is API test Kit?)
I feed BBS and white worm.
Thanks
Andries