Oscar Calling Dr. Solo

This is about Oscars, my apologies to everyone for any annoyance..
I know I shouldn't be posting this here,
but would appreciate any advice from you Ingrid,
or anyone else please...

Bought two little Tiger Oscars last night, they are just over 1" long.
I got them from the LFS in a bag with about 6 cups of water.
They had to remain in the bag for 4 hours is this bad?
I put them in a small 5gal Qtine tank, I know it's small this is only
temporary.
The tank hasn't been used in a while so i cleaned it thouroghly, added
dechlorinated water that i let sit for 24 hours in a seperate container with
an airstone
and also added some aquasafe tapwater conditioner (2 capfuls)
I used a Brand new Aquaclear Mini filter with new sponge, and used lavarock
and Ehfi Substrat media from another tank with already established filter
media.
I let the bag soak for 30 minutes to adjust temp before releasing fish
I also added 0.1% salt solution a few hours later.
there is no gravel or airstone in the tank.

Fish have been huddled sitting in a bottom corner since last night,
they are slightly leaned over, they are not swimming around,
and they are not eating. They looked fine at the LFS.

Here are my parameters;
Temp 67degF
NaCl 0.1%
PH 7.5
Ammo 0.1ppm (toxic ammo should be 0 RemoveThis @7.5ph)
N02 0ppm
N03 didn't bother since it's new tank with fresh water
GH 60ppm
KH 30ppm

I am thinking to crank temp up, what temp is good?
Is PH 7.5 too low?
GH/KH a bit on the soft side, do I need to Buff up?
Was the 4 hour transit brutal to them (a bag with 6cups LFS water)?
Any ideas, it's my first time with Oscars..
Help appreciated, thanks in advance...

....Kodiak

They need 72 to 76 F and would be happier in slightly acid water. How cold
did they get in transit? Time in the bag shouldn't have done any permanent
damage.
SamB
"Kodiak" <nospam DeleteThis @nospam.com> wrote in message
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> This is about Oscars, my apologies to everyone for any annoyance..
> I know I shouldn't be posting this here,
> but would appreciate any advice from you Ingrid,
> or anyone else please...
>
> Bought two little Tiger Oscars last night, they are just over 1" long.
> I got them from the LFS in a bag with about 6 cups of water.
> They had to remain in the bag for 4 hours is this bad?
> I put them in a small 5gal Qtine tank, I know it's small this is only
> temporary.
> The tank hasn't been used in a while so i cleaned it thouroghly, added
> dechlorinated water that i let sit for 24 hours in a seperate container
with
> an airstone
> and also added some aquasafe tapwater conditioner (2 capfuls)
> I used a Brand new Aquaclear Mini filter with new sponge, and used
lavarock
> and Ehfi Substrat media from another tank with already established filter
> media.
> I let the bag soak for 30 minutes to adjust temp before releasing fish
> I also added 0.1% salt solution a few hours later.
> there is no gravel or airstone in the tank.
>
> Fish have been huddled sitting in a bottom corner since last night,
> they are slightly leaned over, they are not swimming around,
> and they are not eating. They looked fine at the LFS.
>
> Here are my parameters;
> Temp 67degF
> NaCl 0.1%
> PH 7.5
> Ammo 0.1ppm (toxic ammo should be 0 DeleteThis @7.5ph)
> N02 0ppm
> N03 didn't bother since it's new tank with fresh water
> GH 60ppm
> KH 30ppm
>
> I am thinking to crank temp up, what temp is good?
> Is PH 7.5 too low?
> GH/KH a bit on the soft side, do I need to Buff up?
> Was the 4 hour transit brutal to them (a bag with 6cups LFS water)?
> Any ideas, it's my first time with Oscars..
> Help appreciated, thanks in advance...
>
> ...Kodiak
>
>
>
>