fish rubbing against rocks/gravel...

I am a little worried, seem to be doing it more and more, I just did a water change today.....

like I said though, I almost want to say it isnt a sickness because they seem to be REALLY healthy... I want to say its something in the water or that stuff I put in...

A couple months ago i noticed a worm at the top of the water stuck to the glass, someone told me it was from uneaten food.. since then really clean my tank gravel and such.... havnt seen one since but maybe has something to do with it?

I also notice my cory doras breathing really harshly sometimes... but for the most part they all seem happy...

There seems to be somewhat of a lot of bubbles at the top of the tank but not a REALLY lot...


IF they tend to do it more on water changes, and then gets better over time, it should be that I have chlorine and the chlorine eventually disapears? Or the chlorine stuff im putting in there disapears?



Also I would like to add that not one fish has died in my tank since i started it 6-7 months ago.
 
Sounds like Ich. Slowly raise the temperature of the tank to around 85 degrees. Raising the temperature will quicken the life cycle of the Ich as the duration of the life cycle is directly dependent on the temperature. Add a few teaspoons of salt to the tank, not too much as cories are not fans of salt. Take any carbon out of the filters and begin treatment with an Ich medicine. Follow the directions carefully and fully. If it says to treat for a certain amount of time and the tank looks clear before the end of treatment, keep treating the tank. When treatment is up, you can replace your carbon to remove the medication as well as a large water change.
 
i have heard that "sometimes fish just have an itch." so, this is wrong info?
thanks!
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I have on a couple of occasions thought this, and every time I do I am later proven wrong.
The only time I have seen flashing in healthy fish is during fights between certain cichlids. They will engage, back off and flash immediatly. Any other time I have ever seen Flashing I eventually found a cause and cured it, or had a fish die before I diagnosed the cause. The bahavior with the cichlids is easy to identify because it only occurs during a fight.

Dave
 
How does the salt get taken out, doesnt?
 
I read on a web page to put the salt in, turn the temperature to 80, and put a sheet over the tank to make it dark.. I did this all... my question is how long do I have to have the sheet over the tank and when can I turn it off 80 since I have golden white cloud minnows in there also.. When do you get rid of the salt, or do you even get rid of the salt, I JUST did a big waterchange..
 
Please read the article linked by Sublime, the sheet is useless against ich. Salt needs to be at specified dosages, time frames are temperature dependant and outlined in the article. once the full treatment is complete (At least a couple of weeks maybe more) then you can remove the salt vis water changes.
Dave
 
thank you, dave, for you input!

another question, tmy said there were no white spots. if it is ich, wouldn't there be white spots?
 
Yes I also want to know this and asked in another thread... there is no white spots... and since im raising the temp shouldnt they come out? and if so when should they come out?

My tank was always pretty cold, is this why they never came out?

any input very appreciated...
 
also 2 more thing since we are talking spots.....

My 2 gold mountain cloud minnows always had little tiny black spots on their side and I thought it was normal... Them are the only spots ive ever seen and I almost want to say they are disapearing.. anyone know if there suposed to have black spots and if not what it is?

And...

Gold mountain could minnows need cold water, and I didnt know it when i bought them and was gunna try to get rid of them.. by raising the temp over 80 for 2 weeks or whatever would it kill them? they supposedly need something like 72 at the most..
 
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