Tiger Barb

[Juice]

Tank size: 15g
pH: 7.0
ammonia:
nitrite:
nitrate:
kH:
gH:
tank temp: 78f

Fish Symptoms (include full description including lesion, color, location, fish behavior): Tiger barb hangs at top of tank

Volume and Frequency of water changes: 25 weekly

Chemical Additives or Media in your tank: Regulator (ph 7.0 regulator) api stress coat, aqua safe

Tank inhabitants: Lots of plants, 4 tiger barbs, 2 scissortail tetras, 1 black fin shark

Recent additions to your tank (living or decoration): Live plants, some stones

Exposure to chemicals: None

Digital photo (include if possible):

My tiger barb is hanging around the top in one corner. It isnt sticking its mouth up for air or anything. Looks normal except for the fact that it is by itself and its top fin is clamped a bit. Been doing this since last night. Last night he was fighting with another tiger. I can touch the fish and it will not do anything. Fish is breathing fine but for some reason stays by itself at top away from 3 other t b's

 

[WILDER]

Without water stats it hard to say.
I would just preform a water change and get your water tested.
The shark needs a bigger tank.

 

[Juice]

Without water stats it hard to say.
I would just preform a water change and get your water tested.
The shark needs a bigger tank.

Thanks,

I was reading about my shark I realize it will grow to 14 inches. Also at what size will I need to introduce it to brackish. It is currently at 3 inches. I am setting up a 75 gal with parrots. Are parrots brackish? If they arent I will just return the fish/find someone with a brackish setup once the fish is large enough to be introduced to brackish.

As for the tiger I will do a 50% right now. I do need to vac up some of the dead plant stuff (I just added a foxtail plant which left alot of its leaf things all over the gravel)

The stats should be good as I just added some regulator stuff the other day, and all of the other fish are fine.

 

[WILDER]

The 75 gallons will be fine for the shark.
I would still do a water change and increase aeration till you know exactly what your water stats are.
Does the tiger barb look pale or darker in colour.
Is he being listless.
Is he still eating.

 

[Juice]

Hmm I dont know, my tigers havent ate much, only one of them who ate the snail and sometimes they pick up a flake or two. I guess they arent hungry yet, they have been in the tank 2 or 3 days.

Coloring looks fine

Listless, please explain what that is?

Nope, no eating

 

[WILDER]

Listless not doing much look like they have no energy.
If you have only had them three days there could be still settling in.
Tiger barbs do better in larger groups to cut aggression out.
Any signs of flicking and rubbing on things.

 

[Juice]

Nope no rubbing

Yes listless

I looked at the other side and its right eye looks a little cloudy.

 

[WILDER]

Cloudy eye is a symtom of a desease not a desease in its own right.
Causes.
Stress.
Bad water quality.
Old age.
Irratation.
Poor diet.
Parasites.
Bacterial infection.

Something not right they don't clamp there fins for nothing.
Need to get them water stats, guessing otherwise till we know water stats.

 

[Juice]

Could it be irritation? It was fighting with another tiger last night.

 

[WILDER]

If the fish has clamped fins and on its own with a bit of a cloudy eye it could be a sign of a whitespot outbreak.
Just keep an eye on them.

 

[Juice]

It's not completely clamped just a little bit recessed. It's not standing straight out like the other barbs. When the fish moves around his fins go up all the way but when it sits in the corner they flutter and geta little shorter.

 

[WILDER]

I would still preform a water change now that the fish has cloudy eye.

 

[Juice]

Yeah I just finished a 25% water chance. Also cleaned out my filter sponge while the dirty tank water was in the bucket, rinsed the sponge in the bucket of tank water. The filter is flowing alot better. I didnt rinse the bio bag or the carbon bag (I really have no idea why I have a carbon bag in my filter.)

Edit: Fish looks a little better, he is swimming around a bit with the other tigers, eye still has a bit of film over it. Kinda looks like a haze but definitely different then the left eye.

 

[Juice]

The tiger died What could the cause be?

 

[WILDER]

Stress by the sound of it, clamped fins a sign of stress and desease, cloudy eye is a sign of stress.
Check your water stats.

R.I.P.