Hi,
Im so worried about my wee boy. he's not well and I dont know what to do.
Firstly, the symptoms: he's very sluggish. he's been sitting low in the tank for weeks now and he seems to move very little. He still eats his food (flake food), but then settles afterwards and barely moves at all.
Having done some research, I'm beginning to realise all the mistakes Ive been making. I have never fed him anything except flake food - I suspect Ive been overfeeding him for years (he's about 4 years old) - I've been probably changing too much water at a time, (sometimes up to 75%) - I just recently bought new ornaments and new gravel (i think I put in gravel that is far too small) and I changed it all at once, (threw out all the old gravel and replaced it with new). Since I did that, there seems to be a build up of clear(ish) slime in the tank, around the filter and the ornaments. I've been changing 25% of the water between 1 and 3 times a week to try and clean it but it keeps coming back.
Ive tried using a revitalisng tonic a few times but its not having much effect. Im considering buying a bigger tank, new filter, new gravel etc and transferring him, but I dont want to make him sicker.
Please help. Im so worried about flaps. He's like my best friend. Please please please help.
Thankyou.
Jamie from Scotland
Im so worried about my wee boy. he's not well and I dont know what to do.
Firstly, the symptoms: he's very sluggish. he's been sitting low in the tank for weeks now and he seems to move very little. He still eats his food (flake food), but then settles afterwards and barely moves at all.
Having done some research, I'm beginning to realise all the mistakes Ive been making. I have never fed him anything except flake food - I suspect Ive been overfeeding him for years (he's about 4 years old) - I've been probably changing too much water at a time, (sometimes up to 75%) - I just recently bought new ornaments and new gravel (i think I put in gravel that is far too small) and I changed it all at once, (threw out all the old gravel and replaced it with new). Since I did that, there seems to be a build up of clear(ish) slime in the tank, around the filter and the ornaments. I've been changing 25% of the water between 1 and 3 times a week to try and clean it but it keeps coming back.
Ive tried using a revitalisng tonic a few times but its not having much effect. Im considering buying a bigger tank, new filter, new gravel etc and transferring him, but I dont want to make him sicker.
Please help. Im so worried about flaps. He's like my best friend. Please please please help.
Thankyou.
Jamie from Scotland