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PLease Help! My cichlids are dying
DIR By: tera1
Date: October 13, 2014, 10:11 am
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Please help! My cichlids are dying. My 3 inch african cichlid
peacock seems to have fin rot or another illness that affects
his fins. Yesterday he was hanging out in the top right corner
of my tank but now some of his fins are torn really bad. Three
other peacocks have died in the past month. I started my 55
gallon tank this summer. I cycled the tank for 3 weeks before
adding fish. I have a eheim 2017 canister filter and I do 50%
water change weekly. My stock was 6 (3 inch) male peacocks and 3
(3 inch) redtop mbuna zebras (as it turned out 2 males, 1
female) Could it be stress from my one dominate mbuna zebra
fish (3 inch) or something else? The fish store where I
purchased the mbuna told me they get along with peacocks. One
mbuna male also died, but in that case I think the dominant male
killed him. What should I do to treat my sick fish?
Thanks :'(
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Re: PLease Help! My cichlids are dying
DIR By: Paul B
Date: October 13, 2014, 10:18 am
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I don't see any mention of water parameters Nitrate NO3, Nitrite
NO2, Ammonia NH3, PH etc,
How often do you check your water, and how do you check it.
How do you do your water changes, specifically, what do you add
to your tank during the changes?
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Re: PLease Help! My cichlids are dying
DIR By: Lovemyfish
Date: October 13, 2014, 5:01 pm
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I would remove immediately and put in hospital tank. Treat with
salt and melafix. Chances are your mbuna are stressing out your
peacocks. Really they are too aggressive for them. The fin
tearing will lead to stress which then causes secondary
infection like fin rot and then if not caught in time death.
I too have kept red zebras with peacocks but learned the hard
way just how aggressive they are. Fish are like people, each
one has its own personality and unfortunately you probably got a
highly aggressive one. Having females only adds to their
aggression.
I am truly sorry for your loss.
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Re: PLease Help! My cichlids are dying
DIR By: GaryJewett
Date: October 13, 2014, 5:19 pm
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I had 3 peacocks, about 2 and a half inch, in my 55 gallon with
a dozen mbuna, all of the mbuna are still 2 inch or less and
after a couple weeks I'm down to just mbunas. No more haps or
peacocks for me, the mbunas are fun to watch drag spirulina
wafers around the tank,and will add about 4 to 6 more mbunas
this weekend.
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Re: PLease Help! My cichlids are dying
DIR By: kgtropicals
Date: October 13, 2014, 9:30 pm
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--- Quote from: Lovemyfish link ---
>
> Fish are like people, each one has its own personality and
unfortunately you probably got a highly aggressive one.
>
--- End Quote ---
This is sooooooooo true!! I believe that it is the individual
personality of each fish that determines whether it will get
along with others or kill everything in the tank.
In your case you probably do have a guy that just doesn't get
along with others. Fish hiding in the corners is almost always a
sign of aggression. It's a way of submitting to the dominant
fish while also trying to avoid it. I agree with the "get the
fish in a hospital tank and treat with salt and melafix", do it
quick though!
Man we've got some smart people in this forum!!!
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