GT?????????????????????

[teqvet]

THE FISH HAS BEEN LIKE THIS FOR MONTHES NOW AND HE EATS FINE BUT I CAN SEE THAT SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH HIM AND I TOOK HIM OUT MY 90 AND PUT HIM IN A 55 BY HIS SELF AND HE STILL WAS ACTING FUNNY

AND I DONT NEED THE EXTRA CRAP U DIDNT WAKE UP ONE DAY AND KNEW EVERYTHING THERE IS TO KNOW ABOUT CICHLIDS

SO GIVE ME A BREAK AND GET OFF MY BACK!!!!

You're right. I didn't wake up and know everything one day, even though I acted like that as a child. What I do do, and always have done even as a child was research something before getting it. if a bunch of other kids said a playstation (or sega back in my day) game sucked, you know what? I didn't buy it... odds are I was gonna think is was mass suckage too since we shared the same thoughts. Fish keeping and researching is no different then researchign a video game prior to purchasing it. We've all been there at one point which is why everyone has tried to explain this to you, and some folks have just gotten annoyed with repeating themselves over and over again.

No one is giving you extra crap that you aren't already piling on yourself, by yourself.


That aside, whether the GT was the first fish you had or not and whether it's eating or not, putting a stressed fish back in to a stressed environment is not a good idea. Moving him back to the solitary tank you'd had him in would be better (most likely. You didn't say how long you kept him there. Just a few days? a few weeks? It's possible the fish was born with a defect but like I said, judging from you the posts you've made and your prior tank keeping habits, I'd still wager that the GT is extremely stressed and does not have a condusive enviroment in which to grow, for it's own needs. As you know, each fish has it's own personality so what one GT may be able to take, another GT may not.. this definitely sounds like that case or a GT that has a defect of some type.

 

[cichlid fiend]

did you ever treat it with any meds at any point for this?

NO ANY IDEALS?

 

[cichlid fiend]

i had a loisellei that was being terrorised by a gold sev, he still ate but didnt grow and always had his fins clamped. i got him a new home and he was still acting weird for a while after, like he was scared the sev was gonna come. then he started to boss his loisellei tankmates around in the lfs as he got his confidence back but it did take a while. thats why i focused on stress in your case, the story sounded familiar.
my guess would be a similar case for your GT unless he is having obvious trouble swimming then it would be wise to look towards an affliction.

NA HE SWIMS FINE AND UR STORY IS JUST LIKE MINE'S

THANKS BOSS

 

[jgentry]

I agree, turn off the caps lock!!

If it has clamped fins it has something wrong with it. It may just be stress or it could be an actual illness. If it is stress it will eventually lead to some sort of illness if something is not changed. Does anything ever pick on it? If you have it with natives they very well could have introduced parasites which often cause fish to have clamped fins.

Good luck.

 

[cichlid fiend]

WHATS WITH THE CAPS LOCK!!??

Just listen to these guys, you seem to ask questions but not listen to what the people tell you yes we didnt wake up and know everything, which is why we have this site.. To learn and educate others. Just because it has been in with the other tankmates for months doesnt mean it is a happy fish, it is most likely stressed and you need to put it in a stress free environment. If you are going to refuse to listen to the voices here on MFK why do you continue to ask questions?

OK

I DID PUT HIM IN A ANOTHER TANK FOR AWHILE

BUT AFTER READING A REPLY I SHOULD HAVE LEFT HIM IN THERE LONGER I THINK

 

[Otherone]

This sounds like my GT ............... ya the one most of you slammed my character for, eventually his tail locked and his appetite diasappered and well you know the rest. I believe my ex-GT was arthritic hopfefully this is not the case for you but it sounds oh so familiar to me.

 

[cichlid fiend]

This sounds like my GT ............... ya the one most of you slammed my character for, eventually his tail locked and his appetite diasappered and well you know the rest. I believe my ex-GT was arthritic hopfefully this is not the case for you but it sounds oh so familiar to me.

They jumped on you too????? LOL!!!!!!!!!

How long was ur fish like that?

 

[cichlid2006]

ill or just stress it would be wise to put him in his own tank anyway. that way he gets the peace to heal properly without fighting for food or harrassment from other fish.
if he starts to pack on some size then consider putting him back in the big tank, i would say that at 4-5" he should be strong enough to survive properly with larger tankmates. but obviously if the clamped fins start again then he needs to be in a bachelor pad with a few catfish and barbs/dollars but no cichlids.

if he doesnt pack on size after a couple of months alone on then consider looking for a bacterial/fungal/viral cause to his clamped fins.

hope you get him sorted out mate.

 

[teqvet]

This sounds like my GT ............... ya the one most of you slammed my character for, eventually his tail locked and his appetite diasappered and well you know the rest. I believe my ex-GT was arthritic hopfefully this is not the case for you but it sounds oh so familiar to me.

I think most of us posting in this thread are agreeing that it could be, and most likely is an illness or defect OR it is a stressed fish because of living conditions. As a few of us have said, moving him to a much less stressful tank will strengthen the odds of him getting better if he is currently ill. If he has some form of defect, then it doesn't matter what tank he's in, in the end, the outcome will likely be the same

 

[teqvet]

ill or just stress it would be wise to put him in his own tank anyway. that way he gets the peace to heal properly without fighting for food or harrassment from other fish.
if he starts to pack on some size then consider putting him back in the big tank, i would say that at 4-5" he should be strong enough to survive properly with larger tankmates. but obviously if the clamped fins start again then he needs to be in a bachelor pad with a few catfish and barbs/dollars but no cichlids.

if he doesnt pack size after a couple of months alone on then consider looking for a bacterial/fungal/viral cause to his clamped fins.

hope you get him sorted out mate.

You ninjaed my thoughts!