Stabiling new tigrinus

[farish]

Bought a 9 inch tigrinus. Been in tank since Wednesday. Has not started eating as i suspect it is not Mp trained, and due to ph.

ph has been dropping a little to 6 -6.5. Been adjusting ph by adding cc and little bits of sodium bicarbonate to maintain at 6.7-6.8

There is also a driftwood for tigi to hide.

Any advise? I am thinking of getting torsat to get him eating.

[oddballz82]

Don't worry and give it time to settle in
Usually it's not accustomed to its environment

[farish]

Hope so dude. Second time keeping tigirinus. First one which ate at second day, grew till 16 and inch below i sold it. So kinda worried so many days have not start eating

[farish]

Put in feeder shrimps just now, still never eat.. Haiz.

Checked water parameters yesterday. The api test kit reading is such that i am not sure is the reading 0 or 0.25.

To be safe i added some more commercial bacteria, media and zeolite. Intend to check readings again later and probably remove the zeolite, depending.. Nitrite is 0 and nitrate is ok

[mrnyunus]

Is it swimming vertically??..

[farish]

Originally Posted by mrnyunus

Is it swimming vertically??..

No its not. I think it started eating.

[jerrme]

if you want u could feed him when all lights are off..
they are normally more active at night.

[Tawana]

if they swim vertically means something wrong?

[patclay]

Originally Posted by Tawana

if they swim vertically means something wrong?

Usually means it is stressed.

[oddballz82]

Good to hear that it's eating

Groom it into the beast it is supposed to become