Hi there, I just moved about a month ago and had a 75, 90, 150 and 225 gallon to bring with me. Cycling went perfect for
every new tank except the 225 as the new fx5 I through on it didn't seem to get enough old bacteria whatever. Anyway, after awaking in the morning
to my beautiful 10" tigrinus dead as a doornail, realized things were awry and that the ammonia had spiked to 8.0+ ppm. My two cichla in the tank at the time
one 8" ocellaris and one 5" mono were gasping for air looking awful as well. After many w/c and labors to bring a bunch of other biomaterial into the new tank levels have been ideal now for over a week. Problem is now, although they look perfectly healthy, my two usually ravenous cichla are very reserved and barely eating. They look almost clumsy chasing feeders I gave them to try and entice their appetite. The larger one can catch them but he almost looks blind striking in the dark and the smaller mono who would swim everywhere now hides all day and I haven't seen him eat in a long while. Not overly concerned because they are eating a little, but their attitude is so damn different from striking everything and all that entered the water before them. Just wanted to make sure ammonia poisoning isnt known for blinding fish? thats almost what it looks like my bass cant see anymore although I do have new lights on tank as well when it used to be very dark. Do you think they are just recovering still and pissed about the move and will come out of it? I know I had a flagtail once that would run from me for almost 6 months after moving him tanks once and some fish are sensitive like that. Just really want to make sure nothing wrong with my bass or if anyone had ideas / similarities if they had bad ammonia spikes or bass that acted very different for a long period after being relocated. Any advice welcome thanks!
every new tank except the 225 as the new fx5 I through on it didn't seem to get enough old bacteria whatever. Anyway, after awaking in the morning
to my beautiful 10" tigrinus dead as a doornail, realized things were awry and that the ammonia had spiked to 8.0+ ppm. My two cichla in the tank at the time
one 8" ocellaris and one 5" mono were gasping for air looking awful as well. After many w/c and labors to bring a bunch of other biomaterial into the new tank levels have been ideal now for over a week. Problem is now, although they look perfectly healthy, my two usually ravenous cichla are very reserved and barely eating. They look almost clumsy chasing feeders I gave them to try and entice their appetite. The larger one can catch them but he almost looks blind striking in the dark and the smaller mono who would swim everywhere now hides all day and I haven't seen him eat in a long while. Not overly concerned because they are eating a little, but their attitude is so damn different from striking everything and all that entered the water before them. Just wanted to make sure ammonia poisoning isnt known for blinding fish? thats almost what it looks like my bass cant see anymore although I do have new lights on tank as well when it used to be very dark. Do you think they are just recovering still and pissed about the move and will come out of it? I know I had a flagtail once that would run from me for almost 6 months after moving him tanks once and some fish are sensitive like that. Just really want to make sure nothing wrong with my bass or if anyone had ideas / similarities if they had bad ammonia spikes or bass that acted very different for a long period after being relocated. Any advice welcome thanks!
? My other fish in the tank two crenicichla sp. a wolf fish and flagtail showed no symptons or funny behavior at all through whole experience besides looking sick with the others when the spike happened and was super high,,,are cichla more susceptible