Hi there,
There is something irritating my fish. I had 5 rasyboras (now have 4) and 1 angelfish in a 29gallon tank. The fish that died, actually died from jumping out of the tank. We found it on the floor.
My Angelfish is also very small her body being a little bigger than a Canadian dollar - I think she may be a miniature angelfish - I think she's 2-3 years old. She's showing she's upset because she clamps her anal fin often and hides more than usual. She seems to have a little more difficulty swimming (not a lot) than usual.
I thought they may be getting ich as this seems to happen when the temperature outside changes drastically in the spring and fall. But so far there are no white spots or gold dusting for ich or velvet.
The only difference I've made so far is I added crush coral maybe 3-4 weeks ago because of having KH and PH issues. My PH was 6 or less for more than a month. I added the crushed coral and it's done the trick. It keeps my ph in the 7's, although my KH is still a problem. I don't know if my fish are just not happy with the crushed coral being added. I don't know if they got so used to a low pH that now they are irritated to the normal range of PH?
I first noticed the clamp fin maybe 2 weeks ago? I thought it was because the PH was quite high (8) so I reduced it using Ammo-lock and it got it down to 7/7.2 But now she does it much more often. She also seems scared of me unless she knows I'm going to feed her. She loves being fed.
I do 25% water changes weekly. My next water change would be due in 2 days (this Wednesday)
My water parameters are as follows
Temp 28.5/83
Nitrate 0
Nitrite 0
GH 75
TA (alkilinity) 40
KH 0
PH 7.2
Ammonia 0
I'm not sure what to do next. I thought perhaps using aquarium salt if it's a pathogen but ive seen mixed reviews of salt hurting angelfish.
Any suggestions? Thanks!
There is something irritating my fish. I had 5 rasyboras (now have 4) and 1 angelfish in a 29gallon tank. The fish that died, actually died from jumping out of the tank. We found it on the floor.
My Angelfish is also very small her body being a little bigger than a Canadian dollar - I think she may be a miniature angelfish - I think she's 2-3 years old. She's showing she's upset because she clamps her anal fin often and hides more than usual. She seems to have a little more difficulty swimming (not a lot) than usual.
I thought they may be getting ich as this seems to happen when the temperature outside changes drastically in the spring and fall. But so far there are no white spots or gold dusting for ich or velvet.
The only difference I've made so far is I added crush coral maybe 3-4 weeks ago because of having KH and PH issues. My PH was 6 or less for more than a month. I added the crushed coral and it's done the trick. It keeps my ph in the 7's, although my KH is still a problem. I don't know if my fish are just not happy with the crushed coral being added. I don't know if they got so used to a low pH that now they are irritated to the normal range of PH?
I first noticed the clamp fin maybe 2 weeks ago? I thought it was because the PH was quite high (8) so I reduced it using Ammo-lock and it got it down to 7/7.2 But now she does it much more often. She also seems scared of me unless she knows I'm going to feed her. She loves being fed.
I do 25% water changes weekly. My next water change would be due in 2 days (this Wednesday)
My water parameters are as follows
Temp 28.5/83
Nitrate 0
Nitrite 0
GH 75
TA (alkilinity) 40
KH 0
PH 7.2
Ammonia 0
I'm not sure what to do next. I thought perhaps using aquarium salt if it's a pathogen but ive seen mixed reviews of salt hurting angelfish.
Any suggestions? Thanks!