I have a 20g community planted tank, with 7 danios, 5 zebra loaches, 2 African Dwarf Frogs, and 1 apple snail (the only big enough to not get killed by the loaches).
I have one loach who is acting very strangely. I call him "Hurt Fin Loach", because once at feeding, Fat Frog (who gets defensive around food) bit his fin and held on for a second or two. Ever since then (or maybe around then), he's been perching up high in the sword plant and sweetgrass, on his side or upside down, or lying out in the open, which is strange for a loach to do, especially given that I have ample hiding places for the loaches. At least 6 spots that the 5 loaches all enjoy hiding in.
The strange part is that he's not dying. He's actually quite lively, when provoked, say, by the big loach chasing him, or by me moving past the tank. Apart from his behaviour, he's a healthy loach. I have a breeding net that's currently empty, and I've put him in there with some shelter twice now, but I've left a small opening at the top in case he wanted out. And he wants out every time.
What gives?
Also, I had a bunch of ghost shrimp, but I had a horrible cyanobacteria outbreak (twice), and coming off the medication killed them all off. It's starting to come back, so I've drastically cut back on feeding them, but I don't know if this is the problem. I also don't want to underfeed anybody, since I have a runt loach and a big fat loach who tends to bully the others.
Alsoalso, I have fish food pellets with spirulina, which is basically cyanocbacteria. Is there any chance this could contribute to an outbreak?
I have one loach who is acting very strangely. I call him "Hurt Fin Loach", because once at feeding, Fat Frog (who gets defensive around food) bit his fin and held on for a second or two. Ever since then (or maybe around then), he's been perching up high in the sword plant and sweetgrass, on his side or upside down, or lying out in the open, which is strange for a loach to do, especially given that I have ample hiding places for the loaches. At least 6 spots that the 5 loaches all enjoy hiding in.
The strange part is that he's not dying. He's actually quite lively, when provoked, say, by the big loach chasing him, or by me moving past the tank. Apart from his behaviour, he's a healthy loach. I have a breeding net that's currently empty, and I've put him in there with some shelter twice now, but I've left a small opening at the top in case he wanted out. And he wants out every time.
What gives?
Also, I had a bunch of ghost shrimp, but I had a horrible cyanobacteria outbreak (twice), and coming off the medication killed them all off. It's starting to come back, so I've drastically cut back on feeding them, but I don't know if this is the problem. I also don't want to underfeed anybody, since I have a runt loach and a big fat loach who tends to bully the others.
Alsoalso, I have fish food pellets with spirulina, which is basically cyanocbacteria. Is there any chance this could contribute to an outbreak?
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