Sick angelfish??

WhisperedLitany

WhisperedLitany

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Well, i looked into my tank just now and noticed one of my angelfish's top fin somewhat clamped... I dont know why.

Nitrates are 0, Nitrites are 0, and my pH is 7.6

I set a few things of water out so i can do a 15% water change tomorrow, but i dont know whats stressing him out.

Maybe my tank is finally finishing cycling? Even though i'm pretty sure it had already finished. I let my tank sit for 2 weeks, then added 2 corydoras for a week, and then after 3 weeks i added the two angels and a clown pleco and everyone seemed to be fine.

My water is somewhat cloudy, but its not green or anything.
I ran out of pH reducing tablets, so i gotta get more of them next time i have money.

Anything i could maybe do?
Hes kinda staying in the same spot and i dropped a sinking wafer in there to see if he'd chase after it and all he did was just kinda watch it fall.


Bleh im really worried about him =\
My clown pleco died yesterday but that was because i didnt have any driftwood in my tank. My other angel seems to be fine..

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Thats boss, the sick / stressed one.


And this is attis, the one that seems to be perfectly fine..

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help??
 
what are your ammonia readings?

also, dont get any of those ph reducing tablets, messing with your ph only messes up your tank, all fish adapt to almost any ph, so ph isnt really an issue
 
What's your ammonia reading? If your nitrate is 0, your tank probably isn't cycled unless it's heavily planted and/or you just did a massive water change. What size tank & what are the other tank-mates? Why are you using pH reducer tablets?
 
Sorry for being a noob when it comes to these things. :lipssealedsmilie:

People will probably yell at me for this one, but i dont have an ammonia tester. I did a 25% water change a few days ago, but then again the nitrate tester i have probably isnt very acurate because its not the liquid one.

It must be the nirate then if its not the pH.

My tank is a 20g with the 2 angels, 2 corys, and a swordtail.
please dont yell at me for the tank size, i'm planning on upgrading it soon.
 
I think your tank isnt cycled yet

if your nitrates are at 0 and you have cloudy water, then I am thinking that are are barely having a bacterial bloom.

you might want to buy a ammonia liquid test kit, because it will be very important to keep ammonia in check.
 
It suprises me a bit that my tank hasnt fully cycled yet O_o.
I'll have to go up to petco to get a tester.

Either that or i'll goto this one pet shop that breeds angelfish (aka where i got my angels) and get a small peice of driftwood while i'm there and get another clown pleco along with the tester kit. *whistles* i miss my baby clown pleco. hmph.


What if my ammonia IS too high? What do i do to reduce it?
 
So you have the test strips? Without accurate testing it's impossible to tell what your water parameters are. Your nitrite good be sky high, for example. You should get a liquid test kit asap.

You appear to be in the beginnings of a fishy cycle, you'll probably need to start doing daily large volume water changes soon.

You should not buy ANY fish until you get a test kit and this issue sorted out. Have you read this yet?

http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=84598
 
also, why do you believe your clown pleco died because he didnt have driftwood?

I dont really think thats a reason for a fish to die.

the best help I can give you right now is to just keep up with those water changes, and keep ammonia and nitrites in check
 
AshK said:
So you have the test strips? Without accurate testing it's impossible to tell what your water parameters are. Your nitrite good be sky high, for example. You should get a liquid test kit asap.

You appear to be in the beginnings of a fishy cycle, you'll probably need to start doing daily large volume water changes soon.

You should not buy ANY fish until you get a test kit and this issue sorted out.
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yea I agree, you should do daily 20% to 25% water changes and vacuum your gravel once a week (dont vac daily, because that disrupts your beneficial bacteria that is barely growing)
 
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