Several days ago I purchased a volitan lionfish. My tank recently finshed cyclying; though the amonia reading is hard to tell. Nitrites are 0, nitrates are between 10 and 20. He was doing okay for about 2 days. Came home and he had no control of his body yet he was breathing. Gills look red on the inside. Checked the amonia and looks like 0 but used Prime just in case. Is there anything else to do?
Lionfish near death
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ZZ5150;4770205; said:
How long did it cycle?
Get a better test kit if you can't tell that it is zero, it should be pretty easy.
What do you mean he doesn't have control of his body?
Did this condition start after bringing him home or was he healthy at the store?
Does he have any open wounds or anything abnormal?
Approximately how many breaths a minute is he taking? More than 80?
First and foremost, you need to do a 20-25% water change and see if anything improves.
Need more info to be able to help more than that.
I used a new API test kit. The ammonia looks 0(just looked at my sample again). I did a fishless cycle and added some bacteria starter. The cycle took approximately 5-6 weeks. His body is basically motionless; he drifts in the tank. It started about two days after I brought him home. No open wounds. looks like less than 80 breaths/min.
ZZ5150;4770388; said:
I agree with Bazinga, but in this case there is something wrong.
Like I said do a water change.
It could very well be a swim bladder problem or something like that if he can't keep himself level and swimming properly.