Fish Are All Flicking Whats Going On?

[kelvinrankin767]

alot of the fish in my tank are flicking off the olants or the sand or the bogwood its mostly the guppies and my dwarf gourami is just hiding behind the filter my water stats are fine tested today

ammonia 0
no3 0.10
no2 0
ph 7.6

and my glowlights are not shoaling anymore and seen to be chasing each other and one is hiding under the filter, The tank is matured and has been running for about 3 and a half months had no problems apart from my swordtail male bulying the females he is now removed, Tanks is modertly to high planted and they are in a 120l tank and the filters are eheim aquaball 2212 and a fluval 3 plus. I do regulare tests, water changes, gravel cleaning and filter maintance i done a big water change on thursday so what could the problem be, I was thinking ich but there are no visible signs of ich

 

[SimoUK]

Maybe whitespot? something irritating in the water can cause flicking, wait until someone more experienced comes along

 

[N0body Of The Goat]

Have you tried darkening the room and tank, followed by using a torch to look for tiny golden spots i.e. "Velvet", on the flanks of your fish?

 

[kelvinrankin767]

Have you tried darkening the room and tank, followed by using a torch to look for tiny golden spots i.e. "Velvet", on the flanks of your fish?

yep i must have velvet i have turned the lights off and turned the temp to 30 going to do water change tomorrow will lights off, temp up to 30 and big water changes get rid of this?

 

[WILDER]

How are the fish now.
Noticed any tiny white spots like grains of salt on the fish,.
What is the make of the test kit you are using?

 

[AstonN24vantage]

can't ich also cause flicking?

 

[kelvinrankin767]

How are the fish now.
Noticed any tiny white spots like grains of salt on the fish,.
What is the make of the test kit you are using?

no its defintly not itch i havent noticed any of the fish flicking for a while and a few of the guppies fins were clamped i just turned the temp up to 30 and turned the lights off, i have the api freshwater test kit done a test today and reading

Ammonia-0ppm
PH-8
Nitrate-0ppm
nitrite-0ppm

my ph is very high and i tested my tap water and its the same i also have bogwood in the tank but its not doing anything abouit lowering the ph but the fish seem fine and adjusted to it now, been running for about 4 months now

 

[ZoddyZod]

Ammonia-0ppm
PH-8
Nitrate-0ppm
nitrite-0ppm

it's very unusual to get a nitrate reading of 0ppm. Most peoples tap water contains nitrate to some extent. I know the nitrate test is the most 'fiddly' out of the API set, have you double chekced that you are shaking the bottles correctly and combining them as per the instructions?

 

[kelvinrankin767]

Ammonia-0ppm
PH-8
Nitrate-0ppm
nitrite-0ppm

it's very unusual to get a nitrate reading of 0ppm. Most peoples tap water contains nitrate to some extent. I know the nitrate test is the most 'fiddly' out of the API set, have you double chekced that you are shaking the bottles correctly and combining them as per the instructions?

yea i am but the lowest rating is 5.0ppm so its possible i could have some amounts of nitrate

 

[WILDER]

Causes of flicking and rubbing are.
Bad water quality.
Ph.
Irritation.
Parasites.
Bacterial.
Internal parasites.

Clamped fins.
Stress.
Desease.
Bad water quality.

Do any fish look thin.
Lost any fish to bent spines.
Do any fish have sunken in bellys.
Any red sores, or red prick marks on the fish.
What does it look like when your fish go to the toilet.
Check the fish anus to see if it's enlarged or red and inflamed.