My work has an average size fishtank with 6 fish. Two of which constantly lie on the bottom doing nothing at all. The rest are fine, swimming around and stuff looking happy...
2007-06-06 12:50:41 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
Sorry about my 'Lack of Information' but yes one small brown fish, the other 5 are gold
2007-06-06 17:15:15 · update #1
some fish sit on the bottom -- its hard to tell -- is the tank kept up? someone should be doing water changes of about 20% every week. chemicals can build up if this isn't done and it can be hard on fish.
most fish problems are solved with a routine cleaning schedule.
2007-06-06 14:18:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
What size is average? What kind of fish?Some fish just lie on the bottom all day and swim all night. Your question lacks important information.
2007-06-06 20:00:57 · answer #2 · answered by PeeTee 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Fish tend to swim in layers. there are top feeders, fish that like to hang out in the middle and fish that hang out at the bottom. You probably have bottom feeders. You want a mix in your tank.
2007-06-06 19:59:46 · answer #3 · answered by Readin35 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the two at the bottom are called bottom feeders they play a big part in keeping the tank clean of yuckier stuff along with filters and proper tank maintenance remember dead fish float belly up
2007-06-06 20:16:20 · answer #4 · answered by mdwl1970 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No they won't die soon you've obviously put them in a tank that has enemy's meaning they can die if attacked by other fish but if you separate them i bet they will be better.Also your fish may be bottom feeders and they are just eating food off the bottom of the tank.
2007-06-06 20:00:26 · answer #5 · answered by dcomo1 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
well it depends on the type of fish because if they are the kind of fish that like to sit on that bottom of the tank then they shouldnt die
2007-06-06 19:58:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They may be ill. You didn't mention what kind of fish. Take a look and tell me if you can spot anything except this behaviour ie marks on their scales, etc.
2007-06-06 20:48:06 · answer #7 · answered by Unicornrider 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
it depends on thier other symtems, if they are goldfish, most new goldfish die within a week but the ones that don't live long lives
2007-06-06 19:57:21 · answer #8 · answered by Donna C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it depends on the kind of fish. They might be sick.
2007-06-06 20:41:22 · answer #9 · answered by brandyyyyy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dude read a book on tropical fish.
2007-06-06 22:22:47 · answer #10 · answered by samuel c 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋