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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Cichlids / August 2003tails disapearing
OK I was doing a water change last night on my krebensis cichlid tank and see a few tails are missing. Looks like the fin part has been surgically removed. What's up with that? Have they been chewed off due to stress between the fish? There are about 15 in a 40 gallon tank, lots of lava rock, plants and hiding places. Also, they fish seem to be hiding away all the time. John jvg@chebucto.ns.ca Check the pH. Really acid pH will eat the fins off. > OK I was doing a water change last night on my krebensis cichlid tank > and see a few tails are missing. Looks like the fin part has been [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > John > jvg@chebucto.ns.ca >Check the pH. Really acid pH will eat the fins off. Thanks. I tested the pH and it's right at 7.0 (after a small water change yesterday). So I bought some 7.0 buffer, and also started a treatment of Clout, in case it's a parasite or something. I've noticed them hiding away and lookng stressed the last few weeks, so maybe there's some Ick or something. Cheers, John >> OK I was doing a water change last night on my krebensis cichlid tank >> and see a few tails are missing. Looks like the fin part has been [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >> John >> jvg@chebucto.ns.ca > OK I was doing a water change last night on my krebensis cichlid tank > and see a few tails are missing. Looks like the fin part has been [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > John > jvg@chebucto.ns.ca Sounds like fin rot. Google "fin rot" for more information. There are a number of medications and fish typically recover just fine. >OK I was doing a water change last night on my krebensis cichlid tank >and see a few tails are missing. Looks like the fin part has been [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >John >jvg@chebucto.ns.ca Update - the Clout didn't do a thing. The water was high in nitrites/trates so I've been doing daily 10% water changes and things are looking better. I thought back about what has changed in my tank since these problems started. The main one was that I removed about half my lava rock. I think what happened is that the breeding pair kept the others so stressed that the tank went sour and my regular schedule of water changes (from when the lava was still there) just didn't keep up with the toxification caused by the stressed fish. Anyway - things look better now, but there's still a long way to go. I'm also cutting back on food. Cheers, John |
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