Hi!
My husband and I are fairly new to the hobby. (We have had the tank for almost a year now) We have an 80g tank with about 10 cichlids, close in size. My husband is very good about testing the water regularly, changing it, keeping the high PH and a clean tank. In fact, he must have been doing such a great job that some of the fish started to mate. Our Kenyi's had babies and the babies are doing extremely well and growing healthy.
The two main dominant males in the tank are one Kenyi and one Johanni. The Johanni was added to the tank last, he is slightly larger than the rest, a beautiful healthy fish, but rather agressive.
Everything seemed to be going well, when suddenly some of the fish started dying, one by one. First, the two labs died for what seemed to be no reason. They stopped eating and other fish started picking on them. We have a lot of caves in the tank and it was impossible to catch the fish until it was dying and nothing could help it. Right before the fish died their bodies were quite picked on, especially tail fins. Now our albino cichlid, who has been growing well and eating more than anybody else in the tank, started to get picked on. I managed to catch him and put him into a separate tank, but the areas where he's been picked on are now turning reddish colour and so is his tail fin. He is not eating and I am worried.
I am especially worried about the rest of the tank. It seems that every time one fish goes, they start picking on the next. What's going on? Please help! Thank you in advance.
My husband and I are fairly new to the hobby. (We have had the tank for almost a year now) We have an 80g tank with about 10 cichlids, close in size. My husband is very good about testing the water regularly, changing it, keeping the high PH and a clean tank. In fact, he must have been doing such a great job that some of the fish started to mate. Our Kenyi's had babies and the babies are doing extremely well and growing healthy.
The two main dominant males in the tank are one Kenyi and one Johanni. The Johanni was added to the tank last, he is slightly larger than the rest, a beautiful healthy fish, but rather agressive.
Everything seemed to be going well, when suddenly some of the fish started dying, one by one. First, the two labs died for what seemed to be no reason. They stopped eating and other fish started picking on them. We have a lot of caves in the tank and it was impossible to catch the fish until it was dying and nothing could help it. Right before the fish died their bodies were quite picked on, especially tail fins. Now our albino cichlid, who has been growing well and eating more than anybody else in the tank, started to get picked on. I managed to catch him and put him into a separate tank, but the areas where he's been picked on are now turning reddish colour and so is his tail fin. He is not eating and I am worried.
I am especially worried about the rest of the tank. It seems that every time one fish goes, they start picking on the next. What's going on? Please help! Thank you in advance.
