my blue phantom sits in one spot and wiggles all his fins and he refuses to eat herbivore food such as zucchini and pellets is this bad or normal?
blue phantom acting strange
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will he die if ph not raised and to wat level should I raise ph and wat are some ways I can raise ph
I also have plants and tetras in tank so wat should ph be and will he survive a day with low ph or will it not kill him?also wat else can this behavior mean?
Stress and losing weight will kill it. Low ph = to acid water, he fanning it self because water is irritating him. It stop eating is a normal sign in this case. Dnt know how big your tank is, I would do Tee Spoon of baking soda than test the PH until 7.0
Ph 7.0- 7.3 one day of low ph is not going to kill it but it going to mess up the balance in your tank if left untreated.
test strip showed around 6.0 ph in tank so I bought some neutral regulator 7.0 and put one teaspoon in like it says although he is a little more active but he still fans himself abit wat should bedone everything else was in order?also tomorrow should I remove my plant root tabs just to make sure ph doesn't go down as fast and there are a lot of dead leaves in tank also should I remove these too but as said used one teaspoon of neutral regulator 7.0 and ph tested was around 6.0 and he is still fanning a little wat can I do?
No need to remove plants tho they do throw the ph off a little. your ph will go down again for sure, keep adding regulator until stable. Give the your phantom 24 - 48 hours to turn around. For now just wait if it make you feel better remove the dead leaves.
Faning might last until tomorrow, keep the ph up. Dnt try to feed the phantom and keep the PH up. JUST WAIT!! Keep me posted