I have a senior rope fish (I've had her for 10 years, no idea how old she was when I got her) who is suffering! I pulled her out of my 55 that I just finished a salt/heat treatment for ich in. As of last night, around midnight, she's been lethargic and when she does swim she's without direction. Her gills are a little red and her breathing is labored. She's scarred from a previous bacterial infection so it's hard to see if she's got any new symptoms (aside from attitude). I don't even know where to start with her and am worried about her age.
Tank parameters are as follows:
Ph- 8 (I've been gradually lowering it, we have really hard water and the. tank was 8.6)
Ammonia- 0
Nitrates- 0-5 ppm (hard to be absolute)
Nitrites- 0
Temp- 84°
*tested with API freshwater test kit
Tank has been established since December (We did a tank shuffle after moving and she was moved from the 55, to a 29, to a 10, and back to the 55. Slinky, the rope, was the only inhabitant until March when we added the others, a few at a time. I did not quarantine (learned my lesson there) and lost 2 paradise fish, a GBR, and the tank ended up with ich. Everyone is looking better but my poor rope.
Tankmates include:
1 paradise fish
1 German Blue ram
1 Ruby ram
1 common pleco
1 juvenile rope
Tank parameters are as follows:
Ph- 8 (I've been gradually lowering it, we have really hard water and the. tank was 8.6)
Ammonia- 0
Nitrates- 0-5 ppm (hard to be absolute)
Nitrites- 0
Temp- 84°
*tested with API freshwater test kit
Tank has been established since December (We did a tank shuffle after moving and she was moved from the 55, to a 29, to a 10, and back to the 55. Slinky, the rope, was the only inhabitant until March when we added the others, a few at a time. I did not quarantine (learned my lesson there) and lost 2 paradise fish, a GBR, and the tank ended up with ich. Everyone is looking better but my poor rope.
Tankmates include:
1 paradise fish
1 German Blue ram
1 Ruby ram
1 common pleco
1 juvenile rope
