gimmethatfish
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[FONT="]Hi -
I may or may not have a sick fish problem. I recently upgraded tanks from a 10G to a 54G. I have 2 glofish and 1 leopard danio along with 2 golden apple snails. I have had all of these guys for about 3 months now. No illnesses previously. I do have a sick betta (totally different tank, these fish have never even been in the same building), so maybe I'm just being overly cautious.
One of the glofish (Red) seems to be hanging out often in one of the upper corners of the tank. He doesn't stay there all the time, but he tends to gravitate back to that spot. The other fish will go hang out there with him often, but they don't seem to stay there as much as Red does. Red is the largest of the 3, and he is usually kind of the bully of the team. I have observed no discoloration, gasping, trouble swimming, etc. from any of the fish. Red is also not right at the surface of the water, but he hovers an inch or two below. I *just* moved the fish over this weekend. I will be getting at least 3 more glofish/danois for a proper school, but I wanted to wait and be sure everyone was settled in the new tank.
I don't know if it's just stress from the big move, if he's sick, if it's some other thing I haven't thought of. The current from the filter in the larger tank is much stronger and more widespread, but the fish have always all loved to swim through the current in the old tank. But maybe that's freaking him out? I can adjust the flow on the filter somewhat. I am new to fishkeeping and haven't had a sick fish before now, so I don't know what to watch for even. Could they just be freaking out about all the new space and the lack of a proper amount for a school is now getting to Red - the lack of pals is more noticeable in the much larger tank? These fish have all shown themselves to be very hardy and also not at all skittish or afraid of anything. When I did water changes in the smaller tank, they all clustered excitedly around the gravel tube. They will eat flakes right out of my fingers. They are very curious and unflappable usually.
Stats:
--Glofish affected. Hanging out near top corner.
--Ammonia 0, nitrites 0, nitrates 0, pH 7.4, medium hardness, temp 74.
--Large tank has been running for a week, fish have been in for 3 days. Tank was cycled using established media and gravel from LFS and smaller cycled tank as well as Dr. Tim's One and Only.
--Have a Magnum 350 canister filter with filter floss, coarse sponge, and Eheim lava rock filter media. 350gph.
--3 fish and 2 snails. Red is the largest fish, maybe an inch long? Other 2 fish are very slightly smaller than him but not much. One snail is about the size of a large grape, the other one is bigger than that one by about half.
--I changed 50% of the water when I noticed the fish being weird, even though all the parameters were fine. I also did another 50% change last night because water change seems to be the cure-all, and I didn't fish-in cycle these poor things in a 5G tank and change the water 2 times a day every day for 3 months just to have them die in 54 gallons!!
--Have had the fish since Christmas.
--The substrate, background, filter, and tank are all new (tank and filter bought used but cleaned thoroughly). I transferred some of the decor from the old tank. There are also several new live plants in the tank which were quarantined for 2 weeks to check for snail eggs. I'm using water from the same tap, same dechlorinator (Prime).
--No new food. I feed them color enhancing tropical fish flakes and freeze dried blood worms.[/FONT]
I may or may not have a sick fish problem. I recently upgraded tanks from a 10G to a 54G. I have 2 glofish and 1 leopard danio along with 2 golden apple snails. I have had all of these guys for about 3 months now. No illnesses previously. I do have a sick betta (totally different tank, these fish have never even been in the same building), so maybe I'm just being overly cautious.
One of the glofish (Red) seems to be hanging out often in one of the upper corners of the tank. He doesn't stay there all the time, but he tends to gravitate back to that spot. The other fish will go hang out there with him often, but they don't seem to stay there as much as Red does. Red is the largest of the 3, and he is usually kind of the bully of the team. I have observed no discoloration, gasping, trouble swimming, etc. from any of the fish. Red is also not right at the surface of the water, but he hovers an inch or two below. I *just* moved the fish over this weekend. I will be getting at least 3 more glofish/danois for a proper school, but I wanted to wait and be sure everyone was settled in the new tank.
I don't know if it's just stress from the big move, if he's sick, if it's some other thing I haven't thought of. The current from the filter in the larger tank is much stronger and more widespread, but the fish have always all loved to swim through the current in the old tank. But maybe that's freaking him out? I can adjust the flow on the filter somewhat. I am new to fishkeeping and haven't had a sick fish before now, so I don't know what to watch for even. Could they just be freaking out about all the new space and the lack of a proper amount for a school is now getting to Red - the lack of pals is more noticeable in the much larger tank? These fish have all shown themselves to be very hardy and also not at all skittish or afraid of anything. When I did water changes in the smaller tank, they all clustered excitedly around the gravel tube. They will eat flakes right out of my fingers. They are very curious and unflappable usually.
Stats:
--Glofish affected. Hanging out near top corner.
--Ammonia 0, nitrites 0, nitrates 0, pH 7.4, medium hardness, temp 74.
--Large tank has been running for a week, fish have been in for 3 days. Tank was cycled using established media and gravel from LFS and smaller cycled tank as well as Dr. Tim's One and Only.
--Have a Magnum 350 canister filter with filter floss, coarse sponge, and Eheim lava rock filter media. 350gph.
--3 fish and 2 snails. Red is the largest fish, maybe an inch long? Other 2 fish are very slightly smaller than him but not much. One snail is about the size of a large grape, the other one is bigger than that one by about half.
--I changed 50% of the water when I noticed the fish being weird, even though all the parameters were fine. I also did another 50% change last night because water change seems to be the cure-all, and I didn't fish-in cycle these poor things in a 5G tank and change the water 2 times a day every day for 3 months just to have them die in 54 gallons!!
--Have had the fish since Christmas.
--The substrate, background, filter, and tank are all new (tank and filter bought used but cleaned thoroughly). I transferred some of the decor from the old tank. There are also several new live plants in the tank which were quarantined for 2 weeks to check for snail eggs. I'm using water from the same tap, same dechlorinator (Prime).
--No new food. I feed them color enhancing tropical fish flakes and freeze dried blood worms.[/FONT]
