MudSkipFlip
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Mudskipper emergency please help
I have a 55 gallon tank with 3 Nigerian Mud Skippers in it. They are aprox 4.5",3",2.5" long i have had them for almost 3 months now i'm using a Fluval 304 canister filter and i did a 25% water change 2 days ago and the last time i vacuum the gravel was about 10 days ago the temp in my tank stays between 27-29 degrees C. Yesterday they began behaving oddly they swim towards the glass full speed and as soon as they reach it they begin to frantically attempt to swim up the the glass after a few seconds they stop completely vertical with their belly against the glass like a catfish or algae eater from this point on the larger ones push themselves off the glass and swim back and forth the entire length of the tank for a minute or 2 before becoming completely rigid and dropping to the bottom of the tank and the little one stays against the glass for a few more seconds then he also becomes rigid but instead of dropping like the other 2 he floats belly up ........ every time he does that i grab a small eye dropper similar to the one i use to test the amonia and nitrate i fill the dropper with a few drops of water from the tank and i drip them on the little guys head while he is floating belly up and by some weird miracle he comes back from the dead and starts swimming around as if nothing even happened.When the other 2 see him swimming around they all of a sudden lose their rigidness and join him swimming around the tank this has been happening aprox once every 2 hours and I'm afraid to go up to bed in case the little one goes belly up and I'm not by the tank to save him .Does anyone know what I'm talking about or has anyone experienced this or something similar to this please let me know i really need all the help i can get . thank you
I have a 55 gallon tank with 3 Nigerian Mud Skippers in it. They are aprox 4.5",3",2.5" long i have had them for almost 3 months now i'm using a Fluval 304 canister filter and i did a 25% water change 2 days ago and the last time i vacuum the gravel was about 10 days ago the temp in my tank stays between 27-29 degrees C. Yesterday they began behaving oddly they swim towards the glass full speed and as soon as they reach it they begin to frantically attempt to swim up the the glass after a few seconds they stop completely vertical with their belly against the glass like a catfish or algae eater from this point on the larger ones push themselves off the glass and swim back and forth the entire length of the tank for a minute or 2 before becoming completely rigid and dropping to the bottom of the tank and the little one stays against the glass for a few more seconds then he also becomes rigid but instead of dropping like the other 2 he floats belly up ........ every time he does that i grab a small eye dropper similar to the one i use to test the amonia and nitrate i fill the dropper with a few drops of water from the tank and i drip them on the little guys head while he is floating belly up and by some weird miracle he comes back from the dead and starts swimming around as if nothing even happened.When the other 2 see him swimming around they all of a sudden lose their rigidness and join him swimming around the tank this has been happening aprox once every 2 hours and I'm afraid to go up to bed in case the little one goes belly up and I'm not by the tank to save him .Does anyone know what I'm talking about or has anyone experienced this or something similar to this please let me know i really need all the help i can get . thank you
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