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Posted by carlrs on December 19, 2007, 11:49 am
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> > I have a 29 Gal freshwater aquarium and my fish do great. I had three
> > angels. One day one of my angel fish just quit eating and kind of just
> > sat there and didn't really swim around. The other two were still doing=
> > great. A few days later I found him at the bottom of the tank dead. I
> > just figured he went on a hunger strike and starved to death.
> > Stubborn. About a week later another one of my angels started doing
> > the same thing. They ignore stuff and aren't even hungry. When I
> > tried to net him he is still quick and active but as soon as I quit
> > he's back to his weird state. All he does is float and open and close
> > his mouth rather quickly. Whats the deal?
>
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> We'd have to know more to help. How old are these fish. What is the PH a=
nd
> Hardness of your water? Have you been doing partial water changes? How
> about a varied diet? Are they getting chilled now that winter is here?
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> RM....
> Zone 6. Middle TN USA
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> We'd have to know more to help. How old are these fish. What is the PH a=
nd
> Hardness of your water? Have you been doing partial water changes? How
> about a varied diet? Are they getting chilled now that winter is here?
Here are some parameters to check and what is recommended:
*Ammonia/nitrites- 0
*Nitrates- under 50 ppm
*pH- stable (stability is more important than chasing numbers here)
*KH- 50 ppm + (this is important for pH stability)
*GH- 100 ppm+ (this is important for osmoregulation which can manifest
itself in swim bladder problems that cause floating)
Carl
As already asked, please add your cleaning and feeding schedule too.
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> I have a 29 Gal freshwater aquarium and my fish do great. I had three
> angels. One day one of my angel fish just quit eating and kind of just
> sat there and didn't really swim around. The other two were still doing
> great. A few days later I found him at the bottom of the tank dead. I
> just figured he went on a hunger strike and starved to death.
> Stubborn. About a week later another one of my angels started doing
> the same thing. They ignore stuff and aren't even hungry. When I
> tried to net him he is still quick and active but as soon as I quit
> he's back to his weird state. All he does is float and open and close
> his mouth rather quickly. Whats the deal?