Help- FH acting crazy not looking good

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venom1969

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my first fh- about 3-4 months old- was doing great active/eating just general tank life awesome just last 2 days will curl up at top of tank float casually down and then jet across tank like ass on fire cleart signs of stress and does not eat > any help would be appreciated love these fish
 
What are your water parameters, specifically? Temp, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrates, tank size, size of fish, other stock, etc.
 
current set up is 55 gallon maintain temp at 79-80 degree about 3 inches by itself in tank nitrates and ammonia unknown (I'm assuming here that the water testing is going to be essential here- because I haven't been )
 
yeah, I would go get a water test kit and find out what your pers are. that's essential.
 
The first thing to look at is the parameters. I would definitely go get a test kit.
 
ok- thank you- going now for test kit - do these ph/amonia/nitrate levels vary from species to species meaning are the levels for a fh going to vary from the levels of let's say a green terror, or jaguar etc etc I do apologize- I am a newb at this>
 
venom1969;3763128; said:
ok- thank you- going now for test kit - do these ph/amonia/nitrate levels vary from species to species meaning are the levels for a fh going to vary from the levels of let's say a green terror, or jaguar etc etc I do apologize- I am a newb at this>
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ammonia and nitrate levels should be at zero... ph for a fh should be 7-8 (consistency is key here)..

FHs are generally VERY hardy (much like the red devil/midas)... but this doesn't mean they should be kept in bad conditions. GL
 
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