My Red Tail Shark Help

[wendyjam]

please help,
i've had my new tank with fish in for two weeks now and my red tail shark seems really happy swimming about and then he seems to lay on the bottom of the tank and i thought he was ill till i went near the tank and he swam off, the other little neons keep going up to him and nudging him , is he ok please

 

[Chad]

How is he breathing? Take a look at the gills and see if they are smooth and regular or beating hard or fast.

 

[wendyjam]

How is he breathing? Take a look at the gills and see if they are smooth and regular or beating hard or fast.

he looks like he's breathing ok doesn't look like he's breathing fast im just worried about the other little neons nudging him, because when they do he swims off , im new to fish so sorry to bother people but don't want to lose him

 

[Chad]

It's odd for neons but they aren't normally aggressive in a way that injures other fish.

If you could post a video that would be helpful, and interesting to see.

 

[fluttermoth]

wendyjam; is your tank cycled? Have you tested the water at all?

Nearly all fish health problems stem for poor water quality, so the first thing to do, if you ever see a fish behaving at all strangely, is to do as big a water changes as you can.

Preferably drain the tank right down so the fish have just enough water to swim upright before refiling, making sure the new water is temperature matched and dechlorinated.