I got a group of 6 peacock cichlids around a month ago, and four of them are doing great. The other two, on the other hand, have me a bit worried.
One of them was doing really well up until about two weeks ago. It's around 1.5" long and was eating fine, and none of the fish really bully each other around at all. It started getting a few really small white spots toward its tail (which I assume was ich), so I raised the temperature to 81, added aquarium salt, and did 40% water changes every 2-3 days for about a week and the spots went away. But now it isn't eating, and isn't swimming around nearly as much as before, any ideas of what could be wrong?
My other problem fish hasn't been eating much at all since day one. It's a 2-2.25" female, and spends almost all its time swimming against the back of the tank. It's looking pretty pale, and it will eat a little bit if I put in mysis shrimp or bloodworms, but won't touch the pellets everything else eats. I really don't have any ideas on this one.
The tank is a 60 gallon with an xp3 filter, and the cichlids share it with 2 4-5" bichirs (neither seem to pay attention to the other at all). The ph is 7.8, and my ammonia, nitrate, and nitrite check out fine. None of the other fish are having any problems whatsoever, I don't know what to do!
One of them was doing really well up until about two weeks ago. It's around 1.5" long and was eating fine, and none of the fish really bully each other around at all. It started getting a few really small white spots toward its tail (which I assume was ich), so I raised the temperature to 81, added aquarium salt, and did 40% water changes every 2-3 days for about a week and the spots went away. But now it isn't eating, and isn't swimming around nearly as much as before, any ideas of what could be wrong?
My other problem fish hasn't been eating much at all since day one. It's a 2-2.25" female, and spends almost all its time swimming against the back of the tank. It's looking pretty pale, and it will eat a little bit if I put in mysis shrimp or bloodworms, but won't touch the pellets everything else eats. I really don't have any ideas on this one.
The tank is a 60 gallon with an xp3 filter, and the cichlids share it with 2 4-5" bichirs (neither seem to pay attention to the other at all). The ph is 7.8, and my ammonia, nitrate, and nitrite check out fine. None of the other fish are having any problems whatsoever, I don't know what to do!
