So yesterday I added a pair of savini(3-4") to my 125 gallon CA cichlid tank with 4 young cubans(2-3") and 4 young firemouth cichlids(3"). The night I added my salvini the cuban started sulking at the bottom of the tank and seemed incapable of using it's tail fin. I moved him to a 29 gallon that I have running underneath the 125. He also seems to be gasping pretty heavily but he is still able to move just not his tail fin. His swimming pattern has gotten a bit erratic. My other fish are doing perfectly fine so far. What should I do? The parameters in the 125 and 29 are identical with ammonia at 0, nitrite at 0, and nitrate at 10ppm. I do 50% water changes weekly and the tank(125) is running a aquaclear 110, rena xp2, and an emperor 400 I believe(I know not the best filtration, im trying to get more). What should I do to help my little cuban? I don't want to loose him.
cuban having trouble swimming
- Thread starter rrcoolj
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Sorry doesn't sound good, Is the 29 gallon tank a part of the 125> I mean is in part of the same system? if its separate then you can try medications and it wont effect your 125 but if its connected to your 125 like a sump or refrigium then you wont be able to medicate with out effecting the 125 tank. Those symptoms don't sound like any thing i know of off hand so id use a generate parasitic and anti fungal med like paragaurd from seachem. l