elizabethcarolyn
Aquarium Advice Newbie
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- Sep 23, 2012
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Well, this is the first time I've actually posted something here - although I use this site quite regularly for fish help, or if I decide to try a route with a new fish. So here goes nothing!
I'm currently keeping up a 75g - in it is a Dinosaur Bichir (12"), an upside-down Syndodontis catfish (3"), a sucker fish (13"), two juvenile Managuense Cichlids (3-4"), and a 7" red-tailed shark (which yes, is risky with the Jaguar Cichlids, ).
My current issue is kind of iffy, as I can't tell if my Syno Cat is SUPPOSED to have a bloated looking belly or not. This is the first Syno I've ever had, so I'm not exactly experienced with him. The first few months I had him he was fine - he would swim up and down the side of my tank on his side of the tank, eat on a regular basis, etc.. then, I gradually made some huge changes in my tank (swapped substrate, upgraded filters, new driftwood) and suddenly he's become anti-social, and 90% of the time he's sitting in the bottom corner of my tank just breathing (picture below), the other 10% of the time he drifts through the water as if just the current is pushing him.
I haven't wanted to resort to medication, as I don't want to throw off any of the other fish in my tank - so I've tried to wait it out a week or two, but at this point, I'm genuinely worried. I spent a nice chunk of change on this guy, and as with any of my fish, I'm incredibly attached.
I'm currently keeping up a 75g - in it is a Dinosaur Bichir (12"), an upside-down Syndodontis catfish (3"), a sucker fish (13"), two juvenile Managuense Cichlids (3-4"), and a 7" red-tailed shark (which yes, is risky with the Jaguar Cichlids, ).
My current issue is kind of iffy, as I can't tell if my Syno Cat is SUPPOSED to have a bloated looking belly or not. This is the first Syno I've ever had, so I'm not exactly experienced with him. The first few months I had him he was fine - he would swim up and down the side of my tank on his side of the tank, eat on a regular basis, etc.. then, I gradually made some huge changes in my tank (swapped substrate, upgraded filters, new driftwood) and suddenly he's become anti-social, and 90% of the time he's sitting in the bottom corner of my tank just breathing (picture below), the other 10% of the time he drifts through the water as if just the current is pushing him.
I haven't wanted to resort to medication, as I don't want to throw off any of the other fish in my tank - so I've tried to wait it out a week or two, but at this point, I'm genuinely worried. I spent a nice chunk of change on this guy, and as with any of my fish, I'm incredibly attached.