Sick Fish

qwik92rs · 02-14-2006, 07:53 PM

I recently messed my tank water up. It has been about 3 or 4 days now and my oscar is still breathing hard and just laying at the bottom of the tank. It has been doing this for days and it also has the dent on its head from the shock. I had the water tested at the pet store and they said everything was perfect. Is it going to die or will it snap out of it?

Georgia Peach · 02-15-2006, 04:51 AM

what do you mean by "messed my tank water up"?? What were the water parameters when the fish store tested it?? Its going to be hard to help you without knowing those things.

sambi7878 · 02-15-2006, 06:19 AM

What do you mean by "it also has the dent from the shock"?

**TheOldSalt** · 02-15-2006, 07:38 AM

Kinda iffy, going on what little info we have available.

qwik92rs · 02-15-2006, 04:36 PM

I changed all 4 of the filter cartridges out and then it started to lay around and started breathing hard. Then it started to get a little better and I noticed that the PH was at around 6, so I added that 7.0 PH to the water. The PH went up tp 7.0 then and went back down to 6.2. Someone was saying that if you shock it with quick PH changes it developes a dent on its head.

garfieldnfish · 02-15-2006, 05:17 PM

The filter is not the only place where biobugs live and your tank should recover in a short time. It will go through a mini cycle until the lost biobugs are replaced. With frequent water changes that should not hurt your fish. But please throw out the PH adjuster. A slow change in ph, fish can handle but not the fast ups and downs that those chemicals cause. Fish can live pretty well in a ph that is less then ideal for them. Unless you want to breed them and it reguires a certain ph value for them to spawn, I would not attempt to change what is natural for your water.

qwik92rs · 02-15-2006, 05:20 PM

I also did a 50% water change and the PH is a constant 7. Think the fish will live?

stealth · 02-15-2006, 06:02 PM

qwik you need to tell us more information about your tank. Water parameters, temp, size, fish, etc.. Why did you do a 50% water change?

02-14-2006, 07:53 PM	#1
qwik92rs Fishy Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Age: 24 Posts: 15	Sick Fish I recently messed my tank water up. It has been about 3 or 4 days now and my oscar is still breathing hard and just laying at the bottom of the tank. It has been doing this for days and it also has the dent on its head from the shock. I had the water tested at the pet store and they said everything was perfect. Is it going to die or will it snap out of it? Last edited by qwik92rs; 02-14-2006 at 08:06 PM.

02-15-2006, 04:51 AM	#2
Georgia Peach Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Gray, Georgia Age: 42 Posts: 1,610	what do you mean by "messed my tank water up"?? What were the water parameters when the fish store tested it?? Its going to be hard to help you without knowing those things. __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Cichlids have more personality than most people I know !*

02-15-2006, 06:19 AM	#3
sambi7878 "I am SAM" Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Philippines Age: 30 Posts: 163	What do you mean by "it also has the dent from the shock"? __________________ SAM For every evil under the sun There is a remedy or there is none; If there be one, try and find it; If there be none, never mind it.

02-15-2006, 06:02 PM	#8
stealth Interested fishman Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Central Wisconsin Age: 24 Posts: 123	qwik you need to tell us more information about your tank. Water parameters, temp, size, fish, etc.. Why did you do a 50% water change? __________________ 10 Gallon: 1 Blue Dwarf Gourami 1 Mickey Mouse Platy 2 Tequila Guppies 3 Guppy/endler crosses too many dang snails

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02-15-2006, 07:38 AM	#4
TheOldSalt Darth Ichthyos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,360	Kinda iffy, going on what little info we have available.

02-15-2006, 04:36 PM	#5
qwik92rs Fishy Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Age: 24 Posts: 15	I changed all 4 of the filter cartridges out and then it started to lay around and started breathing hard. Then it started to get a little better and I noticed that the PH was at around 6, so I added that 7.0 PH to the water. The PH went up tp 7.0 then and went back down to 6.2. Someone was saying that if you shock it with quick PH changes it developes a dent on its head.

02-15-2006, 05:17 PM	#6
garfieldnfish Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 661	The filter is not the only place where biobugs live and your tank should recover in a short time. It will go through a mini cycle until the lost biobugs are replaced. With frequent water changes that should not hurt your fish. But please throw out the PH adjuster. A slow change in ph, fish can handle but not the fast ups and downs that those chemicals cause. Fish can live pretty well in a ph that is less then ideal for them. Unless you want to breed them and it reguires a certain ph value for them to spawn, I would not attempt to change what is natural for your water.

02-15-2006, 05:20 PM	#7
qwik92rs Fishy Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Age: 24 Posts: 15	I also did a 50% water change and the PH is a constant 7. Think the fish will live?

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