unknownsoldierr
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
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- Nov 10, 2010
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Hi, my yellow halfmoon tail tropical fish (I'm not sure what his species is called) has been not eating for a week. He started by not eating and swimming around strangely. I fed him peas, didn't eat them. I did a 75% water change and used ammonia clear, and stress coat. Then he started resting at the bottom with flaring gills for a long time, so I thought he would die soon like my past 2 fish that did that did. For 4 days since then I've been treating him with Melafix, just in case. Just yesterday, he finally ate food again, and was swimming around actively, seemingly because of the medicine. But last night, he proceeded to flip out and eat bubbles from the top of the tank, gasping for air. I put in more ammonia clear and stress coat with some Melafix instead of giving it to him the next morning again. This morning he was resting at the bottom again. He did a lot of gasping for air right around when he stopped eating, too. The only thing I've found that this is a sign of is a dirty tank, but I cleaned mine pretty well. Should I do another water change although he's undergoing Melafix treatment? Is there anything I can do? It's worrying me sick. Thanks so much.