I have a 20 gal tank with the following fish:
2 rosy barbs,
1 gold barb,
2 small neon tetra,
4 cardinal tetra,
1 small bala shark,
1 shark catfish,
1 chinese algae eater
and
1 2" blue crayfish (got 3 days ago).
I've had the tank set up since Nov 20th and all the water tests that I've done up to this morning have shown that the water is fine (no ammonia, no nitrites).
However, recently about 2 days ago, I've noticed that my gold barb isn't as active anymore. Usually it hangs around the top of the water and gets excited when I walk by because it thinks it's feeding time. However now, it just hangs out at the bottom corner of the tank not swimming much. Every now and then, it would swim out a little bit, then dart back to the corner again. When it swims, it swims very slow, like it would almost stay in place while flapping its fins. When I feed the tank, it still eats but it hangs out in the corner most of the time.
I've also noticed that my tetras are losing some of their red color and arn't hanging out in schools as much anymore. However, this might just be temperary as its in shock from me turning on the light this morning.
None of the other fish are displaying any different behaviors though.
I've done a few water changes this week but it doesn't seem to help. Should I be concerned that something is wrong or will this just go away?
could this be neon tetra disease?
2 rosy barbs,
1 gold barb,
2 small neon tetra,
4 cardinal tetra,
1 small bala shark,
1 shark catfish,
1 chinese algae eater
and
1 2" blue crayfish (got 3 days ago).
I've had the tank set up since Nov 20th and all the water tests that I've done up to this morning have shown that the water is fine (no ammonia, no nitrites).
However, recently about 2 days ago, I've noticed that my gold barb isn't as active anymore. Usually it hangs around the top of the water and gets excited when I walk by because it thinks it's feeding time. However now, it just hangs out at the bottom corner of the tank not swimming much. Every now and then, it would swim out a little bit, then dart back to the corner again. When it swims, it swims very slow, like it would almost stay in place while flapping its fins. When I feed the tank, it still eats but it hangs out in the corner most of the time.
I've also noticed that my tetras are losing some of their red color and arn't hanging out in schools as much anymore. However, this might just be temperary as its in shock from me turning on the light this morning.
None of the other fish are displaying any different behaviors though.
I've done a few water changes this week but it doesn't seem to help. Should I be concerned that something is wrong or will this just go away?
could this be neon tetra disease?
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