angelfish still acting weird

[grannylvsfish]

got a pic of the fish and how his fins look?

 

[Fishy_Fun]

i said everything is zero.The 29G is cycling thats why everything is zero.im using media from my cycled 10G to cycle my 29G.the angelfish was more stressed being in the 10G so i put him in the 29G i figure that having only one fish will not have any spikes.he seems to swim more around and actually eat in the 29G.I just dont know what is wrong with his fins because they are clamped to his sides pointed up.He was like that in the 10G so i figured he was cramped and i would move him over.

 

[Fishy_Fun]

these are the best pics i could get of him with this crappy camera plus he is hiding behind the heater.its too hard to get good pics of his fins










lol this is basically what his fins look like

 

[Tolak]

The fish is hiding behind the heater because it appears that this is the only tall place for a tall fish such as an angel to hide in that tank. It's hiding because it is alone, and a bit leery of it's new surroundings. Staying towards the surface would indicate a trace of nitrites, as was suggested, water changes will help this, as will increasing the O2 level.

 

[Fishy_Fun]

turns out theres nitrites about .25ppm i have transferred over some filter media and some plants will that be enough?i would take some gravel but dont want a toxic bomb to go off in my other aquarium from stirring up the substrate.

 

[Tolak]

Plants won't do much, media will, as will daily 50% water changes.

 

[Fishy_Fun]

ok the thing is the aquarium is upstairs and the sink is downstairs so thats alot of stairs lol

p.s. i just added how many times i would have to go up and down and this is how many stairs i have to go up and down to do a 50% water change 728 STAIRS

 

[Tolak]

Use a garden hose to siphon, put a piece of sponge on the end in the tank, run it downstairs & siphon the water out. Get an adapter for the sink if needed, use the same hose to fill.

I have over 30 tanks & 1,000 gallons in my setup, it's oriented mainly towards breeding angels. I do 50% weekly on the bigger tanks, larger water changes more often on the smaller tanks. I gave up buckets long ago, I use two hoses in the fishroom, one to drain, one to fill, both running at the same time.