i have three fish in my saltwater tank right now three damsel fish there all of a diffrent kind yellow tail, 4 striped, and a domino damsel and two are fine but the domino damsel is just staying on the bottem of my tank and dosent swim if you put your hand near it while my other fish hide it stays still its breathing so its alive and it will eat if the food is right in front of it but it wont swim so any one know what it is and if you do know how do you treat it?
2007-03-12 17:00:49 · 3 answers · asked by wolfleader26 2 in Pets ➔ Fish
the tank is a 10 gallon for now i had to move them a week ago because my 40 gallon needs to be resetup but i dont think there picking on it it stays at the bottem and there on the top and he stays ether in the open of in his cave and he stayed in the cave sence i bought him and he has no marks his fins are fine
2007-03-12 17:16:18 · update #1
i dont poke my fish i know that but my blue damsel is dumb and knocks over stuff and traps himself
2007-03-13 09:55:03 · update #2
My first question is, how old is your tank?
Domino's are very agressive. Since you have only had him a few days, he is more than likely checking out what else might be in the tank. (They are very sneaky fish) Once he realizes there are no preaditors in the tank, he is going to take over.
Secondly, keep your hands out of your salt tank. Poking your fish or trying to make him become more active will stress him as well as the other two. You are opening the doors to marine ich.
Some fish are wild caught. Your fish could very well have been a newbee to the tank situation. Give him time, trust me on this, he will be the bully of your tank.
2007-03-13 02:51:54 · answer #1 · answered by danielle Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
10 gallons is way to small for 3 damsels for any length of time. I noticed with my own that when I kept them in odd numbers one always did poorly, much like you're describing, sadly I never found the exact cause.
I'm a little unclear as to why you took them out of your 40 gallon tank, also, what were they housed in/with in the bigger tank. It sounds like stress honestly.
When you switched them did the salinity, lighting, heat and current stay the same? Did you have the problem before the switch?
Sorry I couldn't be of more help, but there is not enough info here on the set-up, parameters, duration of symptoms, reason for moving, other tank mates, etc.
40 gallons for three damsels is still small. I can keep 2 max happy in my 65 gallon.
If the reef well established? If not, that alone could be the problem.
Check out www.garf.org for some great saltwater tips and set-ups.
2007-03-13 02:01:33 · answer #2 · answered by Noota Oolah 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
What size is your tank? Damsels can be highly territorial, and the others might be picking on your domino.
ADDITION: The others could still be chasing him around. Especially if he was added after the others or is smaller. If they get put back into a bigger tank and you've rearranged
things so old territories no longer exist, things might be better. Try adding the domino to the 40 first (by himself for about a day) and see if his behavior changes. You may have to keep him in the 10 and the others in the 40 if it appears they don't get along.
Are these adult fish or juveniles?
2007-03-13 00:07:14 · answer #3 · answered by copperhead 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋