Help pls. Flagtail (Fei Feng) dying!!!

[SteveR]

I would say right now put as much airstones as possible.. but if its upside down.. it probably is too late...

do u have any fish in there that can cause damage to it? what are its tankmates?

However, i think weekly water change of 50% is a problem... u have a ph spike.. if u have driftwood in ur tank.. 6.5 for amazon fish is ok.. normal is 7.0 / 7.6

Its usually 25% one a week, but even thats too much.. I do 35-50% 3times a week

Best of luck to your fei feng..

Don't agree with your comment 25 percent water changes are "too much". It depends on your stock. I do weekly 70percent changes on my clown loach tank as do many.

To the thread starter - has he died or still hanging in there?

 

[zerojquan85]

Don't agree with your comment 25 percent water changes are "too much". It depends on your stock. I do weekly 70percent changes on my clown loach tank as do many.

To the thread starter - has he died or still hanging in there?

he's not doing 25, but 50% weekly.. we each have our diff ways to raising fish.. but water bill in california is too expensive.. we're in a water shortage..

my 2 cents.

 

[SteveR]

he's not doing 25, but 50% weekly.. we each have our diff ways to raising fish.. but water bill in california is too expensive.. we're in a water shortage..

my 2 cents.

I never said he was doing anything? Just merely saying that 50percent or 70percent is not "wrong" per se and depends on filtration, stocking and aquarium size.

 

[Symbiosis]

hey guys i think both has its merits.... i am pretty busy with my work so i don't really have a lot of time to change water multiple times a week.... my tank is pretty heavily stocked even though i have 4 canisters running filtering the tank, i found to keep my nitrates down i had to do weekly 50% water change, i have been doing that for 5 years from my 5 foot setup to 8 foot setup.... we had a bit of water restriction issues a while back so that made water change hard too... this is a pic of my tank before the flagtail died.... i fished him out yesterday and then did a big water change.... the parameters was off the chart..... will look to buy another flagtail in the future but depending on how the gourami behaves.

cheers

Eric