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Originally Posted by freddie
Sorry to hear about that buddy.
I'm not sure what the cause would be but best guess would be the difference in water chemistry between the 2 tanks. I believe comps are quite sensitive to sudden changes in water params.
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Originally Posted by Young Man
tank looks good but for the bigger box of K1, try to position the air supply to one side of the container to generate a more directional and circular motion.
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Agreed with both Freddie and YM.
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Originally Posted by trueblue82
as i wrote before i did up my 2.5ft tank.
shells one side and rock one side.
i netted my occelatus gold out first.
then i proceeded to net my alto(1 comp 1 calvus) out from the 4ft tank into a bag.
i acclimatize both the occelatus and alto(which is in two bags) and intro both at the same time into my 2.5ft tank but today i discovered the comps dead. 
he was very active yesterday even swimming out when i come to see him.
https://youtu.be/4FyOsOoRxDA
but after i net him out i notice he became listless but i didn't think too much and today he is dead on the sand. zz
too much stress from being net out?
The other calvus seems fine. |
As Freddie said, Altos are especially sensitive to changes in the water chemistry as well as WC .YM mentioned about your bags during the transfer......imo I think you should just net & transfer the fishes without putting them in a bag and acclimatise them. Tank to tank transferring of fishes AT HOME shouldn't be a problem assuming both of your tanks are running with the same tap water, set ups, etc. However, house to house trsf can be slightly trickier though. I think the altos was stressed inside the bag with no aeration. How long was it inside the bag? Did you notice anything? Is the altos gasping?
Also, agreed with YM about your K1...placement of airstone to the side instead of the middle. K1 is only effective if the medias are in motion whilst yrs atm seems to be 'stuck'. IMO, you need a super strong aeration in order to set those big pile of K1 in motion. Put 2 airstones instead maybe? Both at same side ofc.