my smallest of my rbp's was swimming around the tank yesterday at his top speed all day, and when he stopped swimming he would just swim on his side. then later he was found just lying there still breathing but on his side on the substrate.
acting weird?
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Sounds like he is on his last legs.
Remove him from the shoal and put him in his own tank, and raise the temperature a bit.
This way the other RBPs won’t remove him, and any problems with him are isolated.
An expert will come on here soon with an exact diagnosis.
Good luck
Remove him from the shoal and put him in his own tank, and raise the temperature a bit.
This way the other RBPs won’t remove him, and any problems with him are isolated.
An expert will come on here soon with an exact diagnosis.
Good luck
we don't know if salt is gonna help it. it could make it worse. we need more info.Pfisherman;581282; said:
Not so sure if i'd put salt in my piranha tank!! Be carefull of taking that advise, i'v never herd that one. But he could have some sort of infection that could be treated with meds. but make sure to be extreemly carefull piranha are a tetra with sensitive scales and slime coat so they can only take a certain few tank medications. How old is it? if it is a number of years old he may be on his last leg. i have seen females act extreemly weird before they lay eggs but not sure if this is the same case. As well try and sepperate him from the rest as they will think that he is injured prey and eat him so be carefull!!! Although keep in mind that piranha can live like 20 years if kept well.
Never heard of puttong salt in a FW fish tank?
I dont even know how to respond to this. Salt is naturaly ocurring in all bodies of water, any kid that has taken biology class should know that, and anyone who has a hospital tank KNOWS that salt HELPS a fishes respiration, demotes fungal growth and just plain soothes stress.
not trin to be cocky, but if you dont believe me either pickup a biology book or go to the LFS and look for a little milk carton of rock salt with a pic of "DR Welfish" and read the side. If you want write a letter to TFH if you have the time, but I am speekink from PE friends. I would not say this if I didn't know what I was talking about.
I dont even know how to respond to this. Salt is naturaly ocurring in all bodies of water, any kid that has taken biology class should know that, and anyone who has a hospital tank KNOWS that salt HELPS a fishes respiration, demotes fungal growth and just plain soothes stress.
not trin to be cocky, but if you dont believe me either pickup a biology book or go to the LFS and look for a little milk carton of rock salt with a pic of "DR Welfish" and read the side. If you want write a letter to TFH if you have the time, but I am speekink from PE friends. I would not say this if I didn't know what I was talking about.