why are all my fish hanging at the top of the tank?

Question

i have a 55 gal with oscers and cichlids and pirana.. since i changed the water and filter last week its been cloudy and they arent eating well. now today all the fish are at the top of the tank. ph seems fine and temp is ok

Answer 1

Sounds like you have some sort of nitrogen problem in your tank..take a water sample to your local pet shop asap for evaluation.
Your filter may be malfunctioning as well..need to know what type filter you are using to be of any help there.
I am amazed that you have a pirana co-existing with chiclids...chiclids need brackish water! Piranas need fresh, also thats alot of large fish for a 55 gal tank! Creating alot of waste in such a small space ^'s your nitrogen levels.
Good luck

Answer 2

This is the classic sign of oxygen deprivation. Something, like an unseen dead fish or rotting food, is causing the cloudiness of the water and the lack of oxygen for the fish. Your best bet probably is to break the tank down again, and clean or change the tank gravel too. Gravel can hold a lot of dirt in it, and if you put the gravel from the tank in a bucket and start washing it with a hose, you'll be surprised at the amount of dirt that you can flush out of the gravel!

Clean the tank and everything in it, check and clean the filter and the tubes and other parts of the filter system that come in contact with the water, and make sure the filter is assembled correctly to work as it should, when you put it back again. Put in fresh water, treated with whatever chemicals you use to dechlorinate and adjust ph, etc.

The situation will kill the fish if you don't correct it quickly.

Answer 3

extremely smart pass paying for the 29 gallon. A popular rule of thumb is 10 gallons for each fish, or you could stunt the enhance, and that they are certainly very grimy fish. The golfish do look to have a low furnish of air, that must be the challenge, however the area concern would have been a great contribution.Filters do no longer shop the oxygen tiers up, I advise spending an further 10 money on an air pump so which you will pump oxygen into your new tank. :)

Answer 4

Make sure you cleaned each part of the aquarium very seperately and very throughly. Did you change the filter bag and clean the filter? Did you scrub every decoration, wash the gravel, and hose down the tank? Everything should be extremely clean. Also, make sure you give the fish the right amount of food. Never pour directly from the food bottle to the tank. Always put it in your hands, and then to the tank. Make sure the water is the right tempature for the type of fish you have. You might have to try cleaning the whole thing again. I love all animals! Your fish are my fish! and I don't want them to die early...

Answer 5

Something might be wrong with the filter. Try changing it, see what happens. If that's not the problem, there is a product that can take away cloudy water. It could also be that they are not getting enough oxygen.

Answer 6

im going to sayy that fish dont usualy do that, but u probly already no that so ill tell u something else. u probly did something wrong when u replaced the filter, wrong type of filter for instence or put it in the wrong way i dont no the exact specifications of ur tank but im going to say its ur filter.

Answer 7

Oxygen level is out of wack. You may have put everything back together wrong which is why it's cloudy

Answer 8

SOunds like they are looking for oxygen and/or food

Answer 9

Dude, ur fish are not getting enough oxygen.

Hope this helps : )

Answer 10

They're dead,
Sorry buddy