Hello,
I have lost 12 fish out of my 55 gallon African Cichlid tank. I noticed a few weeks that an albino was doing the mating dance with a red zebra that was one of the dominate fish in my tank. I didn't care about the mating as the fry would not survive, however he would not leave her alone and ended up killing her. For some reason his aggression continued and seemed to start a war. When I came home from work there was a few that had been attacked, torn up mouths and fins. I ended up taking out the red zebra, however it seemed there was a few doing the damage by this time. I now have removed a johanni, my other red zebra, and two livingsonti (sp), and it seems a lot more peaceful in the tank... but the damage was done. I would notice the attacked fish laying around, and not eating. I even tried putting a few of them in a different tank by themselves, however they are all dead. That was a week ago.
I still have a few (mainly larger fish that have been around for a while) are still not eating. It also appears there is a few fresh wounds. I took my water in for a test yesterday and all is great with the biggest issue being Nitrate at 20 - and I was due for a water change, and was completed today, along with a complete redecoration of my rocks.
I notice that one yellow lab that isn't eating has a film floating around it's mouth. Was not sure if this if from not eating, or if there is something else taking place.
Any suggestion on how to react? Has anyone else beat what I am battling right now. I would have to lose more fish than I have to.
Thanks for reading my book =) I appreciate your time!
Staz
I have lost 12 fish out of my 55 gallon African Cichlid tank. I noticed a few weeks that an albino was doing the mating dance with a red zebra that was one of the dominate fish in my tank. I didn't care about the mating as the fry would not survive, however he would not leave her alone and ended up killing her. For some reason his aggression continued and seemed to start a war. When I came home from work there was a few that had been attacked, torn up mouths and fins. I ended up taking out the red zebra, however it seemed there was a few doing the damage by this time. I now have removed a johanni, my other red zebra, and two livingsonti (sp), and it seems a lot more peaceful in the tank... but the damage was done. I would notice the attacked fish laying around, and not eating. I even tried putting a few of them in a different tank by themselves, however they are all dead. That was a week ago.
I still have a few (mainly larger fish that have been around for a while) are still not eating. It also appears there is a few fresh wounds. I took my water in for a test yesterday and all is great with the biggest issue being Nitrate at 20 - and I was due for a water change, and was completed today, along with a complete redecoration of my rocks.
I notice that one yellow lab that isn't eating has a film floating around it's mouth. Was not sure if this if from not eating, or if there is something else taking place.
Any suggestion on how to react? Has anyone else beat what I am battling right now. I would have to lose more fish than I have to.
Thanks for reading my book =) I appreciate your time!
Staz
