The Flag Comes down

[619 Fish GOD]

Hi
I just got back from my vacation and my Female Flag was near death
she is know in the hacthery but she is breathing heavily and shes on her side

what can i do

 

[Ben]

get some stress coats and some meds.

 

[619 Fish GOD]

Thanks But What Meds
She isn't sick i think
I'll get the stress coat but do i put some in the hactary or in the hole tank

 

[Dwarfs]

Do you know what your tanks nitrate reading are ?

maybe she's just old .

Try doing a couple of water changes if you haven't already done so , it shouldn't hurt

I'll keep my fingers crossed .

ooopps , my son forgot to log off


good luck , lucky

 

[619 Fish GOD]

Thank U
I have a reading of 10-20 ish for nitirate and she seams to be geting better
also if i buy more plants will this help the come down

 

[lucky62]

Thank U
I have a reading of 10-20 ish for nitirate and she seams to be geting better
also if i buy more plants will this help the come down

plants will help , water changes are key even with plants .

 

[619 Fish GOD]

Thank You Very Very Much i'am going to do a water change in 5 minutes
i'll keep you posted

 

[Vip]

edit

 

[lucky62]

Do you you do weekly water changes ?

10 to 25% depending on the fish load

 

[619 Fish GOD]

Since my tank is kinda over stocked i do a water change weekly at 10%-25%
And a Gravel Vac every month.
The reason my tank is over stocked is because my parents said this was my
only tank so stocked it with my fave fish But everyones happy n healthly
except mrs flag so i can't conplan

 

[lucky62]

Since my tank is kinda over stocked i do a water change weekly at 10%-25%
And a Gravel Vac every month.
The reason my tank is over stocked is because my parents said this was my
only tank so stocked it with my fave fish   But everyones happy n healthly
except mrs flag so i can't conplan

You are kind of maxed , but I understand how you feel , see how it goes , If fish continue to get sick unfortunately you may have to make decision .


Just keep up the water changes maybe do 1 in the middle of the week and 1 on the weekend , as long as they aren't killing each other you should/may be OK , the big problem is waists that lead to nitrate build up , this will stress your fish , and they may eventually die as a result.

You may want to consider using a product called NITRASORB [ I think , sea chem ] , it will aid by trapping nitrates , similar to activated carbon in that it can be used as filter media .

What kind of filtration do you have ?

 

[619 Fish GOD]

A Fuval 203 Extural filter
Also this is my first sick fish
i think its because shes wild caught
also my NEW niritirate tes kit (Bad Spelling) Says that my niritirate is 20 before i change the water on sundays