Glasstapper
09-14-2006, 01:57 AM
My bleeding heart tetra is acting strangely. Here's what's different:
-He's not staying with his school.
-He's not eating.
-He's swimming around like he's drunk (wobbly and running into things)
-He's opening and closing his mouth constantly.
-He has a slightly raised black speck on his side. (I noticed it several days ago, but didn't think anything was wrong because he was behaving normally.)
-He's keeping his dorsal fin down.
tank stats:
ammonia 0.5
temp 78 F
pH 7.2
hardness 120
nitrite 0
nitrate 0 (my tap has 20, but it's not showing on the test)
I'm on day 9 of cycling, I feed twice a day, I do 10% water changes every other day/every day to keep ammonia reasonably low. As for chemicals, I've just been using pH decrease (very slowly) to suit the tetras, dechlorinator, and a little bit of bacteria supplement.
Pic:
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g91/glasstapper/fish/IMG_0884.jpg
sorry about the quality. my camera isn't the best, but you can see the lowered fin and the black spot.
Here's a video:
http://s54.photobucket.com/albums/g91/glasstapper/fish/?action=view¤t=MVI_0879.flv
I can't seem to find any information about what's wrong with him. It seems it could be a number of things. He's the only one like this, by the way. The rest are normal.
-He's not staying with his school.
-He's not eating.
-He's swimming around like he's drunk (wobbly and running into things)
-He's opening and closing his mouth constantly.
-He has a slightly raised black speck on his side. (I noticed it several days ago, but didn't think anything was wrong because he was behaving normally.)
-He's keeping his dorsal fin down.
tank stats:
ammonia 0.5
temp 78 F
pH 7.2
hardness 120
nitrite 0
nitrate 0 (my tap has 20, but it's not showing on the test)
I'm on day 9 of cycling, I feed twice a day, I do 10% water changes every other day/every day to keep ammonia reasonably low. As for chemicals, I've just been using pH decrease (very slowly) to suit the tetras, dechlorinator, and a little bit of bacteria supplement.
Pic:
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g91/glasstapper/fish/IMG_0884.jpg
sorry about the quality. my camera isn't the best, but you can see the lowered fin and the black spot.
Here's a video:
http://s54.photobucket.com/albums/g91/glasstapper/fish/?action=view¤t=MVI_0879.flv
I can't seem to find any information about what's wrong with him. It seems it could be a number of things. He's the only one like this, by the way. The rest are normal.