my fish kust sit at the bottom

[jakejarvis]

my fish just sit at the bottom of my tank granted there only gold fish they didnt start doing this until i put my pucostomus in the tank now all 8 of them just sit there right next to him is there habit wrong or something?

 

[Warborg]

What is the type of goldfish, tank size? Did you overfeed them? How does the water check out?

 

[marauders30]

im guessing u got overstocked and your filtration is not adequate. plecos create lots of waste so maybe your ammonia is super high. gotta test it to see. how big is the tank and whats your filter situation?

 

[SumoNinja]

my fish just sit at the bottom of my tank granted there only gold fish they didnt start doing this until i put my pucostomus in the tank now all 8 of them just sit there right next to him is there habit wrong or something?

maybe the goldfishes are dudes and the plecos is a chick

 

[TTTT]

I'm guessing he has a bowl or 10g unfiltered unheated and threw a pleco in because the petsmart employees said he "needed" it.

But we all start somewhere, let's try to help this guy out.

 

[poly-nomial]

Tell us the tank size and water quality and we will help.

 

[2004exrider]

my fish just sit at the bottom of my tank granted there only gold fish they didnt start doing this until i put my pucostomus in the tank now all 8 of them just sit there right next to him is there habit wrong or something?

Not trying to come off mean, so please don't take it that way. Gold fish produce a lot of waste to begin with. Chances are your tank is undersized for the 8 you have and your filtration is inadequate. Now you added another high waste producer, your ammonia is more than likely sky high and burning their gills. What size aquarium do you have and what kind of filtration?

Jimmy