Hello,
I have a 55gallon tank, that has been up since end of september. It houses 9 danios, 9 neons, 3 queen loaches, 2 cory cats and my pride and joy- an L264 and an L75.
My water levels are great. 0- ammonia and nitrites, nitrates <20. However, over the last 2 months I've lost 1 cory cat, 3 danios and 3 tetras. The cory was first- it was small, and lost the ability to swim normally. It had a scar by its dorsal fin and had stopped growing, so i had hoped/thought it was from damage, not illness. the last danio was to dropsy. The others, i don't know, as I dorm during the week and they were fine one weekend, and dead the next. So I decided to do a half-dose of melafix, in hopes that that and even more frequent water changes will prevent any more deaths.
I dosed the first time on sunday- 2.5 teaspoons (it called for 5.5), once more monday. And then last night, I noticed that the L264 is laying funny. So i did not dose the third time as planned.
The sultan plec has a ceramic cave he adores. It is barely bigger around than he is, and about twice as long. he likes to hang out in there with his tail hanging out. I noticed last night that he was laying sideways. But he came out and enjoyed the frozen bloodworms, so I thought he had just been sucking on the side of the cave. However, I was just watching him again today, and got my cell phone out to take some pics. He was laying completely upside down, and it did not appear that his mouth was touching the top of the cave, so he wasn't trying to feed off of it.
Is this normal? I'm quite concerned, as he IS one of my favs. I have the quarantine tank warming up for him, i plan to move him there, with a different, more open cave. I put the carbon filters back in the tank, to clear the melafix out incase that is the problem.
He doesn't look abnormal- as far as I can tell hes not bloated, there is no fin damage, and no wounds. He just reclines on his side or back every once in a while....
If there is any other info you need, please ask. Any input is welcome.
LeeAnna
I have a 55gallon tank, that has been up since end of september. It houses 9 danios, 9 neons, 3 queen loaches, 2 cory cats and my pride and joy- an L264 and an L75.
My water levels are great. 0- ammonia and nitrites, nitrates <20. However, over the last 2 months I've lost 1 cory cat, 3 danios and 3 tetras. The cory was first- it was small, and lost the ability to swim normally. It had a scar by its dorsal fin and had stopped growing, so i had hoped/thought it was from damage, not illness. the last danio was to dropsy. The others, i don't know, as I dorm during the week and they were fine one weekend, and dead the next. So I decided to do a half-dose of melafix, in hopes that that and even more frequent water changes will prevent any more deaths.
I dosed the first time on sunday- 2.5 teaspoons (it called for 5.5), once more monday. And then last night, I noticed that the L264 is laying funny. So i did not dose the third time as planned.
The sultan plec has a ceramic cave he adores. It is barely bigger around than he is, and about twice as long. he likes to hang out in there with his tail hanging out. I noticed last night that he was laying sideways. But he came out and enjoyed the frozen bloodworms, so I thought he had just been sucking on the side of the cave. However, I was just watching him again today, and got my cell phone out to take some pics. He was laying completely upside down, and it did not appear that his mouth was touching the top of the cave, so he wasn't trying to feed off of it.
Is this normal? I'm quite concerned, as he IS one of my favs. I have the quarantine tank warming up for him, i plan to move him there, with a different, more open cave. I put the carbon filters back in the tank, to clear the melafix out incase that is the problem.
He doesn't look abnormal- as far as I can tell hes not bloated, there is no fin damage, and no wounds. He just reclines on his side or back every once in a while....
If there is any other info you need, please ask. Any input is welcome.
LeeAnna
