I have had two chocolate fantails for only 2 days, but they seem to be swimming around fine, but when i enter the room they seem to go straight to he bottom of the tank?
2007-03-11 08:42:24 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
That means they haven't adjusted to their new environment. Just give them about a week or try adding an ornament they can use as a hiding place.
2007-03-11 08:49:09 · answer #1 · answered by weselmyster91 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are still adjusting to their new tank (and you). As long as they are swimming around, they sound fine. Just give them plenty of room to grow and do water changes regularly to keep them healthy. And don't overfeed them. Once they get to know you and are comfortable in their tank, they'll be coming over to the each time you walk by and "begging". They should only get what they can eat in about 2 minutes, twice a day at most - although with their begging, you'd swear they were starving. Don't give in!
2007-03-11 08:53:06 · answer #2 · answered by copperhead 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This might be a sign of stress and disease. Go to www.aquariumfish.net and they have a section called fish diseases- signs of stress and disease in tropical fish and goldfish. Here's what it says: When fish crash on the bottom and do not swim, it is usually a sign that they are exhausted. There are many reasons a fish can become exhausted, but quite often they have been sick, and probably showed symptoms such as gasping, shimmy, or clamped fins, before they became tired and crashed on the bottom.
So the Recommended Treatment was not started promptly, and chances of curing a fish that is crashed on the bottom are less, but the Recommended Treatment may work and will probably protect the other fish that came in contact with the crashed fish.
Go on to the website I gave you to see what the recommended treatment is. Your welcome. :-)
2007-03-11 08:51:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
They're just getting used to you. Fantails notoriously take a while to adjust to people sitting in front of the tank. They're trying to hide from what they think is a threat. If you sit in front of the takn for a little while each day, they'll get used to you faster.
2007-03-11 08:51:18 · answer #4 · answered by kaifyre 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Keep an eye out for disease. They could be overly stressed because they are getting or are sick.
Just a warning....but if you say they are swimming fine just not when yo are there they may be fine and just skiddish fish. Make sure you have hiding places for them and approach them slowly.....give them attention and see if they warm up to you!!
wish you luck!!!
2007-03-11 10:01:24 · answer #5 · answered by lisamarie_625 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't worry. :) They're just shy from being in a new place they haven't been before they should get used to you in abvout a week or two. The same thing happened to me.
2007-03-11 09:40:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they're scared wait about 24 hours
2007-03-11 09:19:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They're are probably just scared. They aren't used to you. They can't remmeber you, (and they never will), and they are nervous. To a fish you're a big predator that wants to eat them.
2007-03-11 08:49:26 · answer #8 · answered by Katelyn 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
SCARED
2007-03-11 08:50:15 · answer #9 · answered by woolly worm 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋