Recent content by Joy74

Yeah, sounds like what mine is doing, swims on his back/side then resting weird. I've been told to just let him go, he's almost 8 years old so it's been blamed on age because that's pretty much near the end of lifespan projection. So I'm keeping lights down. He's darting less and resting more...

3rd and final update, if anyones even reading this. For past half hour there has been no acrobatics, he's gone inside his usual hangout, a boat ornament, with hole in middle as if it were sunk with cannon. He seems to be wriggling in there, little more active than usual -- but at least not...

Adding a little more info since water change complete. And yes I added the aquasafe yet again. When he's not darting about he ends up laying on the bottom, typically on his back almost panting. The stocking is as follows - so no one thinks I'm meaning lightly stocked with 100 fish. A school...

Ok, going to try and keep this brief. First off I'm not new to fishkeeping, just new to this particular emergency. I have a 55 gallon tank, lightly stocked with a tetra mix and a CAE I've had for about 7 years now. Never had a problem with him, no aggression, he still eats algae, generally...