i have a pacu and i changed the water and he was fine the he started breathing real fast and swiming real slow and all of a sudden he is letting other fish push him around am i loseing him
2006-10-05 21:53:40 · 9 answers · asked by sah_tails 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
Did you put chlorinated water in there?
2006-10-05 21:58:46 · answer #1 · answered by ladybugewa 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should not be changing more then 25% of the water every week. If you are not letting the water stand overnight for the chlorine to evaporate, you should be adding a tap water conditioner. You should also make sure that then new water is the same temperature as the tank. Anything else will cause a great deal of stress to the fish and the beneficial bacteria living in the tank. If your fish are showing too much stress, don't feed them for a couple of days and change a very small amount of the water daily (10%).
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2006-10-06 02:17:58 · answer #2 · answered by iceni 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when doing water changes only change 25% once a week, be sure to remove all chlorine and chemicals and to have it at the right temp for the tank. Try seperating the pacu into another tank and maybe raising the temp to the upper 70s there are tons of medicine to treat illnesses that may help also extra air stone may help.
2006-10-09 09:02:23 · answer #3 · answered by weebles 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
without greater info, i will basically wager the ingredient that kills maximum tropical fish is including TOO MANY to a tank, accepted rule is one fish according to gallon or the water cant cope with it good success
2016-10-18 22:04:10 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are. Maybe you should head to the pet shop and get a new pacu!
2006-10-05 23:40:08 · answer #5 · answered by M 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Heartless I know, but if you sit back and watch a good indictor is them turning over and floating on the top.
2006-10-05 22:06:02 · answer #6 · answered by stepfordswiss 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, that is the result of your fish dying. Just don't take it too hard.
2006-10-06 02:13:32 · answer #7 · answered by Shorty 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it sounds like it, thats the way my fish usually act before they die
2006-10-05 21:56:03 · answer #8 · answered by regina p 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u know what...last week my cute little fish died n it acted the same way b4 dyin...
2006-10-05 23:10:14 · answer #9 · answered by Yvonne 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋