robertmarda
Aquarium Advice Freak
I have just set up a 55 gallon tank at work. I put five mollies in the tank this morning after floating them in the tank in the container I used to transport them from my home. I floated them there for about 20 minutes to let the temperature equalize. They are going to begin the cycling process for this tank.
My concern is that they are all huddling together on the bottom of the tank. When I tested the Ph yesterday it was about 7.0 or 7.1 in this tank. I took three of them from a tank (my 55 gallon tank at home) that had a Ph of about 7.4 the last time I tested it. However, the other two were taken from a tank (my 10 gallon tank) that had a Ph of about 7.0 the last time I tested it.
I added a lot of drops of Ph down to the tank yesterday to get the Ph down from 7.4 to 7.0. Unfortunately, I took my Ph test kit home last night and didn't bring it back.
Any ideas as to why they are staying on the bottom? Also these mollies were born in my tank and have never lived in brackish water, so I doubt this would upset them to not have salt in the water.
My concern is that they are all huddling together on the bottom of the tank. When I tested the Ph yesterday it was about 7.0 or 7.1 in this tank. I took three of them from a tank (my 55 gallon tank at home) that had a Ph of about 7.4 the last time I tested it. However, the other two were taken from a tank (my 10 gallon tank) that had a Ph of about 7.0 the last time I tested it.
I added a lot of drops of Ph down to the tank yesterday to get the Ph down from 7.4 to 7.0. Unfortunately, I took my Ph test kit home last night and didn't bring it back.
Any ideas as to why they are staying on the bottom? Also these mollies were born in my tank and have never lived in brackish water, so I doubt this would upset them to not have salt in the water.