Recent content by Ellwood

First if you have anything that is sensitive to copper, like snails, obviously this wouldn't be a good fix for you. I have put a piece of copper piping in my filter and have never had a problem with ICH. The owner of the LFS told me about this. He said when he was a child they would just put...

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if it is a parasite yes it would be. If you were seeing the white poo then i would be more worried. it may just be a picky eater. get a treat like frozen brine shrimp. see if he keeps it down. you are going to want the 16g working. if for no other reason saving money on meds in the future. Plus...

well my experience is EBJDs and that would tell me i had one with internal parasites. Not saying that is what your fish has, but not eating only leads to death. Do you still have the 16g?

also does the fish have white stringy poo?

ok did he do this. eat it spit it out and then go to a new piece like food ADD but never eating it almost like it's to big to swallow or something?

Possible it was a bad test. That makes more sense to me than the level going up without new water. if you still have the established tank, once you get the chlorine under control. do about 20% water change adding the established tank water. I would think the chlorine would have killed most of...

Cichlids hide a lot especially when they are scared. You could redo you tank try and break it up make a specific territory for each fish or pair. If he is hiding any way you could hand feed him? Maybe get some krill or meal worms to hand feed him?

am at a loss of how the level would go up without new water. just fyi if you don't have old tank water (like from an established tank) it pays to have patients and just let the tank set up. the water itself has to go thru cycles. adding fish to early may look like it works at first but you may...

sounds like he's getting bullied. so he is stressed.... stress kills. if you can move him to a tank by himself. if you have no other tanks add more hiding places. he needs a territory to feel comfortable

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Well sounds like he has a lot of competition. when you feed does he try for the food? does he hide? if he does get food does he just chew it and spit it out? (but not actually eat any of it)

Oh probably the most important in this case also lighting lol

in my experience cichlids change color based on mood, water conditions, even their hierarchy. So I wouldn’t worry to much if he is acting normal. If it was a white spot I would worry.

Are you doing water changes or something. Chlorine will evaporate from water. So I’m confused on how it would go up if you're not adding water.