Vanceric
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
My Apisto has been acting very weird for about 1-2 weeks now. He has always been a little aggressive and very outgoing but for the past week or two he has been hiding in the bottom back part of the tank. He is holding his tail fin closed and always cocked to one side. He either lays on the gravel or floats around uneven at the bottom... when he does swim he's running away from other fish or me coming up to the tank and he bumps into everything around him. I would think he's blind but he runs away when I come up to the tank so he can obviously see me. He's only eaten once or twice during this time period. Anybody with experience I would really like to know what's up.
He's in a 36 Gallon Bow-front with 3 mid-size Angelfish and a Twig Catfish.
Water parameters:
PH - 6.5-7
Ammonia - 0
Nitrite - 0
Nitrate - ~25
He's in a 36 Gallon Bow-front with 3 mid-size Angelfish and a Twig Catfish.
Water parameters:
PH - 6.5-7
Ammonia - 0
Nitrite - 0
Nitrate - ~25