frangipani97 Posted April 30, 2004 Report Share Posted April 30, 2004 Hi, we're new to the world of cichlids... and have two parrot cichlids... which we've had not quite one week. Where they have been quite active up until today... now one is sitting on the bottom of the tank and one is sitting near the surface. The one on the bottom is even being investigated by the other little cichlids... Any ideas whats wrong? what do we do?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted April 30, 2004 Report Share Posted April 30, 2004 How long has the tank been set up Franny?? Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frangipani97 Posted April 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2004 yay someone to help... two weeks... set up initially using some tank water from our community tank... for the bacteria... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suemack Posted April 30, 2004 Report Share Posted April 30, 2004 hi franny have you tested for ammonia/nitrite? sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frangipani97 Posted April 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2004 only have a ph kit... that any good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted April 30, 2004 Report Share Posted April 30, 2004 Has there been a water change since the tank was set up? A water change can often reduce a range of evils (pH out of wack, nitrogen chemicals accumulating etc). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kim Posted April 30, 2004 Report Share Posted April 30, 2004 how many fish have you got in your tank? take some water to your lps and get your ammonia tested ASAP! whats your ph then? If your ph is lower than 6.8 your fish should be safe until you get your water tested (thats if its ammonia) KEEP FEEDING DOWN! best still dont feed today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frangipani97 Posted May 1, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2004 thanks for the replies guys... spoke to some guys in the chat room last night so lots of help there... have done two water changes.. pH was quite high... temp was possibly a big high also... water changes have dropped ph a bit... there are no nitrates - got a kit today... temp is now a bit lower... fish are looking healthier... yay! parrots now eating... jewel still not eating but actually swimming about a bit.. electric fellows still unaffected.. early days... but immediate crisis SEEMS over... phew... thanks again!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted May 1, 2004 Report Share Posted May 1, 2004 Good to hear no more losses overnight. You are going to have to decide which fish to keep though as the mix you have (according to what you said last night in chat) is not compatible. The electric yellows will be happier in the higher pH anyway. Have you measured the pH of the tap water? Is it higher or lower than the tank water? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish_Tank Posted May 2, 2004 Report Share Posted May 2, 2004 you tank is going through a totally normal phase called the cycle it sounds like amonia has gona and now you are going into the nitrIte phase when nitrAte shows, your tank is cycled. just keep up the water changes and you'll be fine The electric yellows will be happier in the higher pH anyway. I think the electric yellow will have been adjusted to normal PH at the LFS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted May 2, 2004 Report Share Posted May 2, 2004 They may have adapted to the lower PH and will probably do just fine in it. But they will be better at the higher PH. Like a human can survive just fine wandering outside naked in 10-15°C weather. But you'll be a lot happier and more probably healthier around 25°C (And clothed :oops: ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frangipani97 Posted May 3, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2004 our tapwaters ph is very high... we didn't actually lose any fish... were just worried we were going to we were told at Wetpets that the fish would adjust to the ph levels not being optimum... I'm sure the tanks pH will lower... our community tank was near the other end of the spectrum... so we put some more of that in there... so if it was pH the water changes weren't going to help much... argghhhh so much to leam... :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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