1~What type of fish is afflicted? Tiger barbs, seem to swim perfectly normal and then occasionally go over near the heater and "swim"/chill out vertically. One of the albino barbs does it the most. But I have seen one of the reg tiger barbs copying the albino, but only once or twice.
2~What are your tank parameters (ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, temp, pH)? Please give exact values. Ammonia aprox 0.25, nitrites 0, nitrates between 0 and 5 ppm. Temp is 76-78, I turned the heater up a bit a few minutes ago thinking he may be a little cold.
3~ How large is the tank? How long has the tank been set up? 60 gallon tank, about a week. Used filter media from my established tank that's been running 4-5 years
4~What type of filtration are you using? Please give the name and number (i.e. Fluval 304) and amount of gph if known. Fluval 306 5~How many fish are in the tank? What kinds of fish are they and what are their current sizes? 6 juvenile zebra danios, 1 adult cherry barb, and 6 tiger barbs (2 each-green, albino and regular) none are full sized yet. 6~When is the last time you did a water change and vacuum the gravel? How often do you do this? How much water do you remove at a time? Haven't done a wc yet as I've been testing water 2-3 times a day and haven't needed to. 7~How long have you had the fish? If the fish is new, how did you acclimate it/them? Just got the tiger barbs yesterday. Put the bag in the tank for 30-45 minutes, then added a cup of the tank water every 30 minutes x3, then netted them and placed in the tank and discarded all water in the bag. 8~Have you added anything new to the tank--decor, new dechlorinator, new substrate, etc.? Fish 9~What kind of food have you been feeding your fish, have you changed their diet recently? Just flake food. The barbs are greedy and always seem hungry. Is this a normal thing. I haven't had tiger barbs before and since the water is testing fine, and he swims normally most of the time, I'm hoping I'm worrying over nothing. Thanks.
2~What are your tank parameters (ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, temp, pH)? Please give exact values. Ammonia aprox 0.25, nitrites 0, nitrates between 0 and 5 ppm. Temp is 76-78, I turned the heater up a bit a few minutes ago thinking he may be a little cold.
3~ How large is the tank? How long has the tank been set up? 60 gallon tank, about a week. Used filter media from my established tank that's been running 4-5 years
4~What type of filtration are you using? Please give the name and number (i.e. Fluval 304) and amount of gph if known. Fluval 306 5~How many fish are in the tank? What kinds of fish are they and what are their current sizes? 6 juvenile zebra danios, 1 adult cherry barb, and 6 tiger barbs (2 each-green, albino and regular) none are full sized yet. 6~When is the last time you did a water change and vacuum the gravel? How often do you do this? How much water do you remove at a time? Haven't done a wc yet as I've been testing water 2-3 times a day and haven't needed to. 7~How long have you had the fish? If the fish is new, how did you acclimate it/them? Just got the tiger barbs yesterday. Put the bag in the tank for 30-45 minutes, then added a cup of the tank water every 30 minutes x3, then netted them and placed in the tank and discarded all water in the bag. 8~Have you added anything new to the tank--decor, new dechlorinator, new substrate, etc.? Fish 9~What kind of food have you been feeding your fish, have you changed their diet recently? Just flake food. The barbs are greedy and always seem hungry. Is this a normal thing. I haven't had tiger barbs before and since the water is testing fine, and he swims normally most of the time, I'm hoping I'm worrying over nothing. Thanks.
