Fish lovers!

[Kiara20]

Something is very wrong with Kaiba!!!! D: He isn't swimming at the front of the tank ready to greet me when I come in from class. I have to mess around with surface of the water to draw him out from his hiding place. I almost thought he had jumped out of the tank because he wasn't coming out and I couldn't see him anywhere in the tank. Turns out he now likes to hide under the lid I use for my corys sinking pellets. He doesn't swim around very much at all now (spends most of his time under the lid) and when he does come out he's constantly slamming his back tail (which he hasn't flared out at all today. It looks almost clamped together) against the bamboo and other things in the tank. My friend thinks its fin rot and has given me some medication for him; she previously had a betta that had it. I'm thinking this odd behavior was mostly brought on by the change from tank to tank; I can only imagine how stressful it was. I'm going to medicate him and keep a close eye on him; thankfully I'm here for the weekend so I'll be able to watch him then. If anyone has any advice I would really appreciate it! I love this fish (I almost started crying when I thought he had jumped out of the tank) and I hate seeing him like this!

[Dappled Sapphire]

Something is very wrong with Kaiba!!!! D: He isn't swimming at the front of the tank ready to greet me when I come in from class. I have to mess around with surface of the water to draw him out from his hiding place. I almost thought he had jumped out of the tank because he wasn't coming out and I couldn't see him anywhere in the tank. Turns out he now likes to hide under the lid I use for my corys sinking pellets. He doesn't swim around very much at all now (spends most of his time under the lid) and when he does come out he's constantly slamming his back tail (which he hasn't flared out at all today. It looks almost clamped together) against the bamboo and other things in the tank. My friend thinks its fin rot and has given me some medication for him; she previously had a betta that had it. I'm thinking this odd behavior was mostly brought on by the change from tank to tank; I can only imagine how stressful it was. I'm going to medicate him and keep a close eye on him; thankfully I'm here for the weekend so I'll be able to watch him then. If anyone has any advice I would really appreciate it! I love this fish (I almost started crying when I thought he had jumped out of the tank) and I hate seeing him like this!

good luck I hope he's ok

[Kiara20]

Thanks Jelly! I'm hoping if I just keep giving him medication and don't stress him out anymore (which I dont plan to since I don't need to clean the tank or anything like that; just need to do a small water change) he'll recover quickly

[Dakotak]

Something is very wrong with Kaiba!!!! D: He isn't swimming at the front of the tank ready to greet me when I come in from class. I have to mess around with surface of the water to draw him out from his hiding place. I almost thought he had jumped out of the tank because he wasn't coming out and I couldn't see him anywhere in the tank. Turns out he now likes to hide under the lid I use for my corys sinking pellets. He doesn't swim around very much at all now (spends most of his time under the lid) and when he does come out he's constantly slamming his back tail (which he hasn't flared out at all today. It looks almost clamped together) against the bamboo and other things in the tank. My friend thinks its fin rot and has given me some medication for him; she previously had a betta that had it. I'm thinking this odd behavior was mostly brought on by the change from tank to tank; I can only imagine how stressful it was. I'm going to medicate him and keep a close eye on him; thankfully I'm here for the weekend so I'll be able to watch him then. If anyone has any advice I would really appreciate it! I love this fish (I almost started crying when I thought he had jumped out of the tank) and I hate seeing him like this!

Fin clamping can mean ammonia. Check the ammona before using medication. Signs of ammonia poising are. Fin clamping, redding of fins, tattered fins and staying at the bottem. If you changed the water and not conditioned or got a new filter with new filter media the ammonia could have went up. Hopfully he gets better soon.

[Kiara20]

I put both aquasafe plus and a bacteria supplement into the tank and let it run for a day before putting him in there. My filter is the same as before as well. I'm hoping to get a free ammonia test strip from petsmarts tomorrow or the day after, buying them are just to expensive at the moment.

EDIT: I'm taking a sample of my tank water to get tested at petsmart. Turns out they'll do it for free! haha! I'll let you guys know what they say!

EDIT again: So I just got back from petsmart and my waters perfectly fine The ammonia level is really good so its not that. I talked with one of the workers and she thinks its either a parasite (which I have medication for and will be giving Kaiba) or just all the stress. Hopefully he'll start to recover and get back to his normal self over the next week or so.

[Lil'Tiger]

I don't own any fish yet, but I was wondering if I could get a little advice on these fish that live together. I was wondering if clown fish, glofish, and these African puffer fish (The name is basically that, but it's not specific. If it helps the puffer fish are about the size of someones middle section on an index finger.) I was wondering if those types of fish could live together? I would make sure the fish get the right about of gallons of water and such :3

[Kickin' up dirt]

I don't own any fish yet, but I was wondering if I could get a little advice on these fish that live together. I was wondering if clown fish, glofish, and these African puffer fish (The name is basically that, but it's not specific. If it helps the puffer fish are about the size of someones middle section on an index finger.) I was wondering if those types of fish could live together? I would make sure the fish get the right about of gallons of water and such :3

Aren't clown fish saltwater? I know glofish are freshwater.


I hope He gets better Ferretlover!

[Concept]

I don't own any fish yet, but I was wondering if I could get a little advice on these fish that live together. I was wondering if clown fish, glofish, and these African puffer fish (The name is basically that, but it's not specific. If it helps the puffer fish are about the size of someones middle section on an index finger.) I was wondering if those types of fish could live together? I would make sure the fish get the right about of gallons of water and such :3

I did research on puffer fish, and no, they can't live with other fish because they're very aggressive and usually have to live alone or in a single species tank. It's why I chose not to get one for my ten gallon tank to put in with my glofish. Clown fish are saltwater, so that's a definite no, especially for a beginner!

The Glofish, though, should be fine XD Zebra Danios are very hardy fish and having a school of them is extremely fun! (I have four) From all my research, mollies and barbs do well with the danios, but don't get neon tetras. Everything I've read says that zebra danios (which are the species glofish are) will stress them to death.

If you plan to get a puffer fish, get at least a ten gallon and cycle it WELL before you get it, as they don't have scales and will die very easy if there's any ammonia in the tank.

[ReadingIndigo]

I don't own any fish yet, but I was wondering if I could get a little advice on these fish that live together. I was wondering if clown fish, glofish, and these African puffer fish (The name is basically that, but it's not specific. If it helps the puffer fish are about the size of someones middle section on an index finger.) I was wondering if those types of fish could live together? I would make sure the fish get the right about of gallons of water and such :3

None of them could live together. Dwarf puffersassuming that's what you're talking about. Any other species would be bigger and more agressive) are too agressive to be with anything other than dwarf puffers, clownfish are saltwater, and the glofish would be bullied to death and die in saltwater.

[CSF]

I came home to find small patches of white fuzz on my female black molly. It's to late to go to the store, how long can she make it without medication?