Plecostomus

[Jewel_cichlid03]

My pleco that ive had for about 5 days is been acting very weird and ive never had one like this he had just been floating around the top of the tank and just moves around franticly every few minutes ???

 

[Jewel_cichlid03]

He just died ;(

 

[Convict2161]

Oh wow.... Sorry to hear that

 

[paytertot]

What other fish are in the tank? Is the tank cycled? What are the parameters? Did he have anything visibly wrong like marks sores etc?

 

[Aqualady40]

so sorry for your loss

 

[Jewel_cichlid03]

3 jewel cichlids and its filtered , has heater , temperature is perfect ph levels are all good and it didnt have any sores or marks on him about and hour ago he just started swiming weird and then i came back and he was dead :/

 

[paytertot]

But did you cycle it by providing an ammonia source to build up beneficial bacteria?

 

[Jewel_cichlid03]

I put amonia stuff i got from the pet store in it that the lady said to use for it

 

[paytertot]

A tank has to be cycled to be an appropriate environment for fish. Google the nitrogen cycle and I will grab you the links to some articles you'll need to read.

 

[paytertot]

Make sure you read these

http://www.aquariumadvice.com/i-jus...g-but-I-already-have-fish-What-now/Page2.html

http://www.aquariumadvice.com/guide...-to-Starting-a-Freshwater-Aquarium/Page1.html

http://www.aquariumadvice.com/impor...r-those-new-to-the-Aquarium-Hobby-/Page1.html

A lot of the time the people at the pet store don't really know how to properly start a tank, they just know what their training tells them. Which is to dump a bunch of chemicals in there. This isn't always the case but most of the time.

If you have a test kit, Can you go ahead and test your ammonia, nitrites, and nitrates and tell me what they are? If you don't have one, get one.

 

[Jewel_cichlid03]

Thank u

 

[paytertot]

Oh and I edited my original post, I had a few questions in there.

 

[Jewel_cichlid03]

Just tested the all the levels an them were good

 

[jondamon]

Just tested the all the levels an them were good

This doesn't actually tell us anything.

In order to be of any help whatsoever we need actual numbers in ppm for Ammonia, Nitrite and Nitrate.

How did you test? Strips or liquid?

If its the strips you will need a liquid test kit as the strips are notoriously inaccurate.



Jon