Help! One of my fish is THROWING UP!

[ct-death]

Thanks for the detailed response. Right now my ammonia is 0, nitrites at 1.0, and nitrates at 15ppm. At what level of nitrites would you allow to rise before you feel a water change is necessary?

My experiences sort of reflects your post. When I did my constant water changes, my nitrites would skyrocket very quickly. When I did infrequent water changes, my nitrites would rise a lot more slowly and taper off.

Slower is better, if speaking about change.

But, I wish you all the luck volkl23.

I'm sorry I could be of more help, or offer a solution that was amenable.

Signing - off

 

[Kyohti]

Ahh yes, I forgot about plants and then using nitrates... then again, I have never had a planted aquarium (except for one very sad 'banana plant' whatever that was... when I was a kid) :dance2:

 

[abh19]

volk23,

I mentioned in the other forum that you shouldn't do WCs, so you can check that post... but I'll repeat the main point here: simply don't do water changes for at least a week. Make sure you're aerating well and just leave it alone. Other people may disagree, but I think you've shown that doing more WCs from your chloramine-rich water just adds more ammonia and therefore more nitrite.

As far as the fish barf, your fish might have parasites, or it might just be the effect of chemical stress.

 

[Jessu]

I know that autistic kids can get so constapaited that they will defacate through their mouth. My mom is a special ed teacher, she never had it happen in any of her classes but she know teachers who have . Maybe your fish just got so backed up it came out of its mouth.

 

[cohazard]

It literally looks like diahrrea coming out of the mouth. Quite disturbing. She did this 4-5 times. She was the only one doing it. They're all swimming normally (playing, etc..) like nothing ever happened now.

Is the vomiting fish wasting away or does it have a nice round belly?