FxT4LyFx
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
- Joined
- Jan 12, 2012
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- 34
okay first time on here so be nice haha. for the last 4 years ive had a tire track eel, bala shark, bristlenose cat fish and a red tailed shark in a 270l or 71g tank with no problems except 6 months ago my red tailed shark died for unknoy reasons. 8 days ago i went to pet shop and asked for fish suitable for my tank and fish in it. they suggested some things including an oscar and african cichlids that i thought looked cool. i bout them not knowing what they were like and going off what the people at the shop told me, which was they'll be good for my tank. after a couple of days and realising what all the fish were after some research i took the oscar back. i am now left with my original fish - red tailed shark, two electric yellows, a female kenyi and what i think is an ob zebra? all the cichlids generally leave my other fish alone and occasionly fight amongst each other. but heres the problem. my bigger yellow lab chases the smaller one non stop. for the last 5 days my smaller yellow lab sits in the corner vertically with its mouth out the water or sitting still on the bottom. its fins are almost always tucked. all food it tries to eat it spits back out. it has gotten a blackish face, black stripes down its body and the black in its fins is fading. please someone help me save this poor fish. also when i had my oscar it nibbled on my balas fins, it seems fine but will it be okay in the long run? ph is 7.2 btw. all other fish except my small yellow lab named buttercup (my gf named it) seem very healthy and lively. please help.