Lethargy: one lies on the bottom not moving around much while the other is
more active and has appetite. I tested for ammonia with a tetra test kit
that's about 5 years old. No ammonia. However, there was a slight reaction
to nitrite, nothing much. And pH was about 7.3. I have good NYC water so
there can't be anything really out of line. I looked at them with a
magnifying lens and they seem to have a few small white spots so maybe it's
ich. The shop I got them at is not a very good place to buy fish but it is
the only one in my neighborhood. So maybe they came sick although they
looked fine at first.

"LeighMo" wrote in message
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Check your nitrite and ammonia. If you don't want to spend money on test
kits,
take a water sample to your LFS, and they can do the tests for you.

My tanks are heavily planted, with power compact flourescent lighting and
CO2
injection, but I would still monitor the water parameters, if I were
adding
that many fish to a tank that size, all at once.

As for the philodendron...it is poisonous to mammals. Not sure about
fish, but
a lot of people use it in their goldfish tanks and ponds, with no ill
effects.

What symptoms are your fish showing?


Leigh

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