UPDATE FROM THIS MORNING: I ended up getting a full refund from John for the cardinals. They are just not what I ordered and he agreed to refund in full for the fish and shipping. Now that they are in the qt tank, I can really see that they are not of high quality either, many have sunken bellies and some are bent behind the gills, most all are covered in white dots and/or a cloudy cottonlike fungus. Many have no coloring yet that is how young they are. But they are doing very well surprisingly. I have only lost 2 so far in shipping. Everyone went into qt tank and immediately started swimming and schooling around looking for food. Last night they got a water change, and this morning they ate a generous helping of earthworm flakes then began picking at the pieces on the bottom. Here is a couple pics of them in their qt tank. The white dots on the wood are dang nerite eggs and the big chunks on the bottom are pieces of ceramic from other tanks for my bb. I have no medicinal plan yet just lots of fresh, clean water and rooibos tannins. Will do a round of anti fungal treatment if the cottonlike stuff and dots continue, any suggestions?
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and here is another video from a bloodworm feeding this morning in the main tank. I need more sand up front I know, its the flow I have to constantly push it from the back to the front.
http://vid1312.photobucket.com/album...pskqkphro0.mp4