New fish from About Fish
- Thread starter Cherub
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yeah it was only a day lol. I just used 4 gallons of my tank water and added 3 gallons of new water. I used that coppersafe stuff which still has copper in it. I put the fish through a freshwater dip which was just fresh water from one of those dispensers at king soopers. I raised the PH to 8.3 in the dip then floated it in my main tank to get it to temp. After it was to temp I put the fish in it. It just sat there for a few seconds then laid down at the bottom on its side. I thought it was dead then but I poked it and it jumped to life. I left it in there for only 2 minutes. It was my first fresh dip so was a bit nervous. From there I put it in the QT and went to petco bought the coppersafe and treated the water. It hid in the corner the whole time behind the filter straight up with his face towards the surface gasping. I waited till the next day to try to feed it. I gave it a mix of pellets and bloodworms. It never came out to eat though. I should have tried garlic
