millym
Aquarium Advice Regular
hi
what can make fish flick apart from obvious diseases???? have noticed quite a few of our fish are flicking every now & again(no particular species - theyre all at it) our water params are fine 0 ammonia0nitrite,20 nitrate (always this our water supply) ph 7.8.(again has always been around this) have had a very good look at all fish & cant see anything like whitespots,fungus etc etc??
should i be worried??? are they just itchy???tank been going for nearly a year did have a disaster a couple of weeks ago-our tank sprung a leak, no not a leak a waterfall!!! we had to put all our fish in a tiny hosp tank for a few hrs (nearly 30 fish in a 1 ft hosp tank was a bit 'busy' in there 8O 8O )while we siphoned the rest of main tank out & my other half dashed off to buy a new tank.every towel,tshirt,sweatshirt,sheet in the house was used as well + mrs frantic mopper - me to stem the tide!!!!!!! (day from hell we live in a 1st floor flat). but we saved nearly 4 buckets of water & all our gravel from the established tank & got the fish back in just as soon a we could......dont knowi f this is relevant??? some of our fish looked a little stressed for a day or 2 after this trauma but soon settled down & thankfully 2 weeks later theyre all alive despite their experience( & mine!!!!)
any suggestions most helpful - dont want to medicate 'blindly' but did put some melafix in after the tank trauma as we did have to net them all to transfer them & just thought it might help.
what can make fish flick apart from obvious diseases???? have noticed quite a few of our fish are flicking every now & again(no particular species - theyre all at it) our water params are fine 0 ammonia0nitrite,20 nitrate (always this our water supply) ph 7.8.(again has always been around this) have had a very good look at all fish & cant see anything like whitespots,fungus etc etc??
should i be worried??? are they just itchy???tank been going for nearly a year did have a disaster a couple of weeks ago-our tank sprung a leak, no not a leak a waterfall!!! we had to put all our fish in a tiny hosp tank for a few hrs (nearly 30 fish in a 1 ft hosp tank was a bit 'busy' in there 8O 8O )while we siphoned the rest of main tank out & my other half dashed off to buy a new tank.every towel,tshirt,sweatshirt,sheet in the house was used as well + mrs frantic mopper - me to stem the tide!!!!!!! (day from hell we live in a 1st floor flat). but we saved nearly 4 buckets of water & all our gravel from the established tank & got the fish back in just as soon a we could......dont knowi f this is relevant??? some of our fish looked a little stressed for a day or 2 after this trauma but soon settled down & thankfully 2 weeks later theyre all alive despite their experience( & mine!!!!)
any suggestions most helpful - dont want to medicate 'blindly' but did put some melafix in after the tank trauma as we did have to net them all to transfer them & just thought it might help.