Hello,
My first post is one of an unusual nature that I need help with. In the last 3 days I have noticed some problems with some of my fish in my FOWLR tank. I can only assume it is because of my new aquascaping or a new addition of a Undulate Trigger.
I have an issue where my tomato clown fish is currently at the top swimming in circles. He apparently has frayed fins as well. He was perfectly fine until about 2 days ago.
My Porcupine puffer has damage to the outer lense coating of both eyes as well that just started. He just hangs out in a corner, sharp nose swims around as normal. Undulated hides or will come out an linger around the porcupine, not touching him that I can see.
Neither fish have any spots or other signs of trouble or distress other than that.
My new Undulated has some slight fraying of a couple fins as well.
All my fish are the same size, so no one fish is larger than the rest. They are 3-4 inches.
I have not witnessed any aggression by any of my fish at this time.
I did 2 things that might have caused the problem.
1st- I changed the rock layout in the tank, closed off many gaps and tightened the rock clusters, today, I fixed that and made more large openings for the fish to get in and out.
2nd-I just purchased an Undulated Trigger. Was told it should get along with my Porcupine puffer, and sharp nose puffer.
I do not have my water parameters just yet, but will edit post when I take them.
My first question is, can auquascaping cause my fish to run against the rocks and damage their fish and eye coating?
I assume the clown is swimming around in circles at the top is because his hiding spot is gone?
My other question is, could the fraying of the fins and damage to the puffers eyes be from the new tank mate, the undulated trigger. I have not seen aggression yet. I am looking with a keen eye though at this time.
Puffer before:
Puffer after:
Clownfish:
Any thoughts?
My first post is one of an unusual nature that I need help with. In the last 3 days I have noticed some problems with some of my fish in my FOWLR tank. I can only assume it is because of my new aquascaping or a new addition of a Undulate Trigger.
I have an issue where my tomato clown fish is currently at the top swimming in circles. He apparently has frayed fins as well. He was perfectly fine until about 2 days ago.
My Porcupine puffer has damage to the outer lense coating of both eyes as well that just started. He just hangs out in a corner, sharp nose swims around as normal. Undulated hides or will come out an linger around the porcupine, not touching him that I can see.
Neither fish have any spots or other signs of trouble or distress other than that.
My new Undulated has some slight fraying of a couple fins as well.
All my fish are the same size, so no one fish is larger than the rest. They are 3-4 inches.
I have not witnessed any aggression by any of my fish at this time.
I did 2 things that might have caused the problem.
1st- I changed the rock layout in the tank, closed off many gaps and tightened the rock clusters, today, I fixed that and made more large openings for the fish to get in and out.
2nd-I just purchased an Undulated Trigger. Was told it should get along with my Porcupine puffer, and sharp nose puffer.
I do not have my water parameters just yet, but will edit post when I take them.
My first question is, can auquascaping cause my fish to run against the rocks and damage their fish and eye coating?
I assume the clown is swimming around in circles at the top is because his hiding spot is gone?
My other question is, could the fraying of the fins and damage to the puffers eyes be from the new tank mate, the undulated trigger. I have not seen aggression yet. I am looking with a keen eye though at this time.
Puffer before:
Puffer after:
Clownfish:
Any thoughts?
