Fyvie

Thanks for the help I think part of the problem was 60% of pet lands fish had ich and so did the cardinals. I'm going to wait a bit then head to big ALS in edmonton when they have had some in the tank for a few weeks.

It's ok they all died thanks for the help

help I bought 10 cardinals on thurs and I can only count 5-6 left I bought them from pet land in red deer and they seemed fine at first then I started to see ich on them. I don't want to treat the whole tank if I don't have to I have 6 panda corys doing well no ich and a abp in the tank its a 40 gal breeder with lots of plants ph 7.2 gh80 kh 60 no nitrite and no nitrate. ive herd that cardinals need 6.0 to acclimate proper but the pet stores water was very hard and high ph I acclimated them slowly and they seemed very happy at first now they hide in the back of the tank. does anyone have some suggetions as I want to get a school of 24 cardinals before I get some discuss. thanks rob

lol um I got 5 24' t5 ho bulbs on my 40 gal breeder with co2 and fluorite. seems to be growing but the grren string algea is thriving and my abp and panda corys cannot keep up I need some cherry shrimp I think to keep up on the growth. I don't want to take to much out of the tank cuz its a great food source for the bottom dwellers.

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