trustnoone
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
- Joined
- Jan 6, 2009
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Good day,
I have bought a small cat fish of a species I haven't determined yet. I can't seem to get this one to acclimatise well. This small stripped catfish seems to just want to swim upside down, on it's side or lie in the gravel in a decidedly unhealthy way. The one I bought a few days ago dropped dead in a few hours, but I though it may just have been sick.
I have a small 15 GA community tank. The PH is right around 7.0 and ammonia is 0 ppm. There are 8 other small tropical fish in the tank of which the largest is a Beta, and a Mystery snail.
I recently integrated a small pleco, red tail shark (cat), and the snail and they are active and look healthy.
Does anyone know this species of catfish or know of any acclimatisation issues?
Currently I've separated the catfish into a small container with the idea of performing a very gradual acclimatisation to see if it lives.
Thanks,
TNO
I have bought a small cat fish of a species I haven't determined yet. I can't seem to get this one to acclimatise well. This small stripped catfish seems to just want to swim upside down, on it's side or lie in the gravel in a decidedly unhealthy way. The one I bought a few days ago dropped dead in a few hours, but I though it may just have been sick.
I have a small 15 GA community tank. The PH is right around 7.0 and ammonia is 0 ppm. There are 8 other small tropical fish in the tank of which the largest is a Beta, and a Mystery snail.
I recently integrated a small pleco, red tail shark (cat), and the snail and they are active and look healthy.
Does anyone know this species of catfish or know of any acclimatisation issues?
Currently I've separated the catfish into a small container with the idea of performing a very gradual acclimatisation to see if it lives.
Thanks,
TNO