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Hi IVE NEVER HAD CICHLID FISH BEFOR AND YESTERDAY I BOUGHT TWO LITTLE SOUTH AMERICAN CICHLID FISH BUT I NOTICED THAT THERE NOT MOVING AT ALL they just sit there at the bottom of the tank kind of lopsided AND IM REALLY GETTING WORRIED CUZ THEY DONT EVEN WANT TO EAT MY FISH TANK IS 36 GALLONS WITH THE TEMPATURE OF 74F
NITRATE-0
NITRITE-0
HARDNESS-300
ALKALINITY-180
PH LEVEL-8.0
I REALLY DONT WANT THEM TO DIE AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IM DOING WRONG COULD SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME SO MY FISH COULD LOOK LIKE HAPPY FISH Thank you


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Hi Mandy

I would suggest rasieing the tank temp to around 78-80 degrees.
Also the water in your tank maybe different than the fish stores, so the fish may need to aclimatize to it.

What type of fish are they?