I have a blue peacock that is not eating. He is just hanging out at the top near the surface. Without getting into water parameters, is there anything that can be done for him? He is quite young and had been doing this for several days now. thanks.
sick fish?
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Not just ammonia...need nitrites and nitrates, when you bought the fish, what fish you last bought, temperature, etc.
For some odd reasons he doesnt want to list the parameters, so I asked him just a few easy ones. Maybe he doesnt have the detailed test kits.
Yeah, I don't wanna list them, it's a big secret. Anyway, for anyone else who would like to reply, my ph is around 7.8 Nitrites and Nitrates, I have no idea. I carry out regualr water changes, however he (or she) acts the same both before and after the changes. Tank mates are another peacock, a yellow lab, kenyi, aurora, jewel, red zebra, some kind of hybrid and a couple algae eaters. Tank is 55 gallon. Hope this helps someone determine what problem might be.
Dont want to list them? Do you know much about fishkeeping?
Your "aurora" is probably an auratus, because "auroras" dont exist. Also, if you can tell you fish is a blue peacock, it is most likely a male.
we cant help unless you list the FULL water parameters. Could be a possible internal parasite too, try some melafix and primafix. Could be it doesnt like the food youre feeding them, try a couple different types of food. I feed my central american cichlids hbh super soft sinking pellets, cichlid stix, and frozen brine shrimp, this offers each fish something different.
Thanks myspacemike. Tarheels, if you know what Google is, try googling "aurora cichlid". It's facinating the weird things, and people, you can find on the internet.
Sick fish will go to the surface (more oxygen).
Number of possibilities really and impossible to say for sure without more information.
We can probably say its not the water, if you are not having any other problems, but only probably as you don't seem to use a test kit.
We can probably say it isn't fungal/injury/ich etc as you don't say there is any external symptoms.
Is it being bullied by any other inhabitant ?
In general you will have to simply keep the water parameters pristine (but you won't know if you're doing this without a test kit). You could also try different foods. Dosing Pimafix with Melafix won't do any harm.
Number of possibilities really and impossible to say for sure without more information.
We can probably say its not the water, if you are not having any other problems, but only probably as you don't seem to use a test kit.
We can probably say it isn't fungal/injury/ich etc as you don't say there is any external symptoms.
Is it being bullied by any other inhabitant ?
In general you will have to simply keep the water parameters pristine (but you won't know if you're doing this without a test kit). You could also try different foods. Dosing Pimafix with Melafix won't do any harm.
I dose my tanks every time using melafix and primafix when i get a new, until i can pick up a empty tank to use for the dosing of new fish. Id like to get a 20g long and is it as a hospital/dosing tank for my old and new fish.
I had 2 3" female Jack Dempsey who had a white poo problem, used melafix and primafix, she was fine after a week and a half. In one case my Electric Blue Dempsey Male had ich, and rid-ich wasnt helping much, but melafix and primafix worked perfectly for it.
I had 2 3" female Jack Dempsey who had a white poo problem, used melafix and primafix, she was fine after a week and a half. In one case my Electric Blue Dempsey Male had ich, and rid-ich wasnt helping much, but melafix and primafix worked perfectly for it.