I'm quite worried about my fish.
I have some Neons, some Rummy Noses and some Copper Harlequins. Today I noticed that the Neon's have what appears to be ich and all the fish are displaying strange behaviour. The tank is new, but was fishless cycled. The fish seem to be spending the whole time darting around frantically, from side to side and up and down the glass - I have tried to research this behaviour and the only thing that I can find is that perhaps the Ph is to high - my Ph is around 7.5. I was aware that this was on the high side but was advised on this forum that it would be okay and was better to leave it as it was rather than messing around with it and trying to lower it and to maintain that lower Ph.
When I got the fish I tested the water that they were in (the water in the bag) and the Ph was nearer to 6, so I spent a long time gradually taking the bag water out and replacing it with the water from the tank and slowly bringing the Ph up to the same as in my tank.
Is this darting around likely to be just the fish getting used to the new conditions and will they settle down after a few more days or do I need to take some action.
Also I have gradually added some salt to the water today to try and combat the ich and don't know if that has contirbuted to the fish's behaviour?
Any advise will be gratefully received. I thought this fish keeping business was supposed to be a stress reliever - I'm more stressed than ever now that I am ill treating my new little friends.
I have some Neons, some Rummy Noses and some Copper Harlequins. Today I noticed that the Neon's have what appears to be ich and all the fish are displaying strange behaviour. The tank is new, but was fishless cycled. The fish seem to be spending the whole time darting around frantically, from side to side and up and down the glass - I have tried to research this behaviour and the only thing that I can find is that perhaps the Ph is to high - my Ph is around 7.5. I was aware that this was on the high side but was advised on this forum that it would be okay and was better to leave it as it was rather than messing around with it and trying to lower it and to maintain that lower Ph.
When I got the fish I tested the water that they were in (the water in the bag) and the Ph was nearer to 6, so I spent a long time gradually taking the bag water out and replacing it with the water from the tank and slowly bringing the Ph up to the same as in my tank.
Is this darting around likely to be just the fish getting used to the new conditions and will they settle down after a few more days or do I need to take some action.
Also I have gradually added some salt to the water today to try and combat the ich and don't know if that has contirbuted to the fish's behaviour?
Any advise will be gratefully received. I thought this fish keeping business was supposed to be a stress reliever - I'm more stressed than ever now that I am ill treating my new little friends.
