Stressed out RTG with long story:(

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Crazyfish88

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It's been almost a week since I brought home the juvi 8" RTG. The first few days everything was perfect and he was eating well but on Saturday I noticed something was nipping it's fins and it wouldn't eat and kept doing the Aro dance against the glass and chilling at the bottom behind my driftwood...I got worried and I didn't know who was the culprit but I assumed it might of been my 6" Rotkeil Redheaded Severum because I saw it slightly chase the RTG away from it's territory. So I took out the Severum and placed it in my 45g for now. Then the next day which was sunday it was still stressed out and still not eating:( I also noticed it's fins were more split so the real culprit had to be my 12" Male Frontosa. I had no place to put my Frontosa so I decided to trade it in to my friend's LFS and I was hoping after a few hours my RTG will swim back to the top as usual and this time without any middle swimming tankmates. I got home and about 2 hours later my RTG was still chilling at the bottom.. So I was thinking hmm could it be my clown loaches? I've noticed my Loaches swims all over the place and they horde around my RTG alot...So I took them all out and it took me 1+ hr trying to catch them little buggers:eek:...Now my Aro swims back at the top freely:). Now I just hope the RTG will eat tomorrow as it hasn't ate anything since Friday.

Though in the end I don't think it was my loaches who nipped the RTG's fins but they sure stressed it out. I ended up trading in my Alpha male frontosa for a pair of male/female 7-8" Gold Severums. I also placed my Rotkeil back into the 225 and placed my 4 x 5" NTT Datnoids in there too because my 45g was just getting overcrowded cuz of the clown loaches. As of now my RTG is still swimming at the top instead of being at the bottom:) Anyhow sorry for the long story just thought I would share.
 
Yeah... I had the same experience with the Severums. Nipped on my Blks tail and it still hasn't completely healed - been 2 months now.

Cichlids are usually not good tank mates, with the exceptions of Geophagus sp. They have never given me any problems.
 
I think this is what's happen to my RTG as well.....it was doing fine and i had to move my parrot over to the aro tank cause it was eating all the food for my ray and cat....but these parrot fish have been living with my RTG in the 100g tank for 4-5 months before i move it to my 500g.....

May i ask what's your pump size? The reason i ask is that my RTG is experience the same symptom as yours. I moved him back to his 100g tank and he's doing better now.
 
DDragon888;4027066; said:
I think this is what's happen to my RTG as well.....it was doing fine and i had to move my parrot over to the aro tank cause it was eating all the food for my ray and cat....but these parrot fish have been living with my RTG in the 100g tank for 4-5 months before i move it to my 500g.....

May i ask what's your pump size? The reason i ask is that my RTG is experience the same symptom as yours. I moved him back to his 100g tank and he's doing better now.
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My filtration on my 225g is a Rena Xp4 and a FX5. He's doing better now as I returned the Gold Severums today and traded in all my clown loaches. Now my RTG is the only one swimming at the top with no middle swimmers besides my NTT Datnoids but they hide under the driftwood alot. Also it finally ate today and I had to feed it with the lights off. It ate 3 full small shrimps chopped in pieces:D. It has a fat belly now. All I know is I dedicated alot for this RTG as I got rid of alot of fish just for him to be happier.

Another thing is I noticed my RTG swims around more with the lights off instead of chilling in 1 spot with the lights on.
 
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i'm glad ur aro is getting better..... Mine ate 5 meal worm this morning....... I think he's coming around. I added Melafix to treat his scale last night and he seem better today... i'm getting mix review about Melafix and i don't know if i should add anymore to my tank...
 
Nice RTG. With Melafix I don't know much about medications. I only used it once and a very small amount to heal my large Achara catfish but it was the smallest bottle u could buy and I poored the whole thing into my 450g. I think all it did was speedup the process of healing cuts and wounds. I usually just do wc's and add a bit of salt for healing fins and scales and they heal just fine. Now I don't waste money on expensive medications when it isn't really needed unless the injury is serious.
 
thanks, i had him for about 6 months now.I'm just in that paranoid stage and am willing to do whatever so my RTG gets better....how much salt do you add?
 
The directions on Aquarium salt says to add 1 teaspoon per 5gallons but I don't add that much as I worry my water would be too concentrated with salt. I usually add about half the amount (1 tsp per 10g) and I don't add the full amount right away. I usually do a 40% waterchange then add about 4-5 teaspoons. Also I only add to the new water's volume that's added after the waterchange. Then I wait a few days and add another few teaspoons if needed. Another thing is I don't add salt regulary unless my fish are injured.
 
i'm going to wait a couple day or until he's eating and gaining back some strength before doing anything else that might stress him any further.... right now his tail is rip and there's a missing scale.... i don't know if i should try to pull out that protruding scale or let it fall off....
 
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