need help

can anybody help me i just got two percula clown fish lastnight for my tank its a new setup my ph is 8.2 nitrate, nitrite, ammonia is 0 but my new fish are swimmin around then they ly on there side for a while then they swim around is the something not right with the water or do they have to get use to the new home any info would be great thank you


dan

 

How old is the setup? If its a completely new setup thats not cycled yet, then ammonia wont be 0 anymore...

 

Perculas are technically one of the more hardy of the clownfish, moreover, their related to the Damselfish, hence their hardiness and ease of keeping for the most part!
Unless your other water parameter issues are out of whack, or your acclimation of your Perculas wasn't performed well enough, or maybe the fish were injured or diseased before you got them!!!
They shouldn't be swimming on their side or lying on the bottom very often!

 

my tank has been runnin for 4 weeks now the amm was high after i put in the lr and then it came down then all the other nitrate and nitrite whent up then came down to 0 my fls told me to put bio spri in the water to speed thing up but they said it will only say u a couple day so i put it in when i put the lr in that was 3 1/2 weeks ago they seem happy now i dont know if they were in shock or something thank you for the this site is awesome for info

 

nitrate shouldnt have gone down - it should go up as part of the cycle

 

it did go up phoenix but then came down a few days later

 

LR ate it.....

 

my lr does diddly squat with nitrates - apprently there is an additive out there that boosts the nitrate eating bacteria in lr and genuinely brings down nitrates.
Anyone know what it is??
My lfs stocked it once and it sold out really quick - he cant get his hands on anymore, and failed to tell me what its called. From italy apparently

 

I went through a streak of injured perculas that acted the same way. None survived. The LFS confirmed that they were from a new source that delivered several injured fish. Arggggg. Where did you get them? LFS?

 

Quick question. What is your method of acclimation?
When I first started in salt water I was only floating the fish to acclimate them to the temp. I had freshwater experience prior to the salt water. I was never told to or shown how to acclimate salt water fish and corals. I only learned by accident.