CCXGT
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So I picked up 5 Snow White Cichlids (Albino Socolofi) yesterday, which are around 2/3inch each, to add to my 60G Mbuna tank.
I drip acclimated them as best as I could for a couple hours.
Closed the curtains, fed the fish, added the new ones and everything was going fine, no one was getting picked on, they were all out in view and were even going for a bit of food.
So I came downstairs this morning and only saw 4 Albino's.. I searched about a bit and found the fifth pressed against the intake strainer of my FX6.
This was at around 9am, I know that the filter purges itself at 3am/pm so it could have been stuck there for 6 hours.
Still, I know it's a decent filter but could a healthy fish really get stuck being sucked up against the grid?
Anyway, I turned off the FX6 and the fish swam free, clearly dazed.
It was swimming around doing all kinds of backflips and barrel rolls, the other fish were also pecking at it.
I removed the fish and put it in a hospital tank for the time being.
I have Melafix, Stress-coat, Aquarium Salt, Ich Medicine and Fungal Disease Treatment.
Can any of these help?
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I drip acclimated them as best as I could for a couple hours.
Closed the curtains, fed the fish, added the new ones and everything was going fine, no one was getting picked on, they were all out in view and were even going for a bit of food.
So I came downstairs this morning and only saw 4 Albino's.. I searched about a bit and found the fifth pressed against the intake strainer of my FX6.
This was at around 9am, I know that the filter purges itself at 3am/pm so it could have been stuck there for 6 hours.
Still, I know it's a decent filter but could a healthy fish really get stuck being sucked up against the grid?
Anyway, I turned off the FX6 and the fish swam free, clearly dazed.
It was swimming around doing all kinds of backflips and barrel rolls, the other fish were also pecking at it.
I removed the fish and put it in a hospital tank for the time being.
I have Melafix, Stress-coat, Aquarium Salt, Ich Medicine and Fungal Disease Treatment.
Can any of these help?
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