I've had two angelfish for the past three and a half weeks in a 16 gallon tank.
They both ate regularly up until about a week ago, when one of them stopped eating. I got my water tested and it's perfect but the ammonia is a teeny tiny bit high. So I came home and did a 25% water change like I do every week. I put in ammonia detox and everything, like usual.
The fish that isn't eating is just floating around the bottom of my tank, won't eat, and it swims over to the filter and gets stuck to it.
I took a closer look, and it looks like it's starving itself to death, but why? It used to eat all the time!
Help?
They both ate regularly up until about a week ago, when one of them stopped eating. I got my water tested and it's perfect but the ammonia is a teeny tiny bit high. So I came home and did a 25% water change like I do every week. I put in ammonia detox and everything, like usual.
The fish that isn't eating is just floating around the bottom of my tank, won't eat, and it swims over to the filter and gets stuck to it.
I took a closer look, and it looks like it's starving itself to death, but why? It used to eat all the time!
Help?
Its not that hes sick,You didn't cycle the tank and at week three the ammonia is just starting to build up. Or you did cycle the tank and he likely got a bacteria or some other kinda infection that your just not experienced enough to spot yet. When a fish get sucked into the filter it means hes not long for this world. hes gonna die soon. It happens with Angel fish, they are not hardy unless you buy them from a local breeder and they are used to your water. You really want to keep fish ? Here's what you do.
Google: Fish tank cycling, fish tank nitrogen cycle, fish tank maintenance. Then go out and buy the API master freshwater test kit, the drops not the strips. The strips are notoriously inaccurate.
Angel fish will not survive the cycle so if you didn't cycle you might as well just do as much Research as you can now and then once they both die start all over after the tank is cycled.
Good Luck to you.
P.S. It takes about a month to cycle a fish tank AND you need a source of ammonia in the tank to get the cycle started. Just letting a newly set up fish tank sit for a month will not cycle it. You need a small start cycling fish or you need to add a small amount of ammonia to the tank every day. Could even take as long as two months, thats why you need your own test kit to test every few days for a month to see what you levels are. A fully cycled tank should read Ammonia- 0 Nitrite - 0 and Nitrates - 10 - 20ppm. If you don't have Nitrates in your water the tank is not cycled. Also test your PH, Angel fish should be between 6.0 - 7.5 at the highest. Unless you by locally bought Angel fish, they can go higher cus they are used to it. I keep and beed my Angelfish in 8.0 PH which for most angels would be death, let alone ideal conditions. Thats just cus they are F2 and used to it.
Google: Fish tank cycling, fish tank nitrogen cycle, fish tank maintenance. Then go out and buy the API master freshwater test kit, the drops not the strips. The strips are notoriously inaccurate.
Angel fish will not survive the cycle so if you didn't cycle you might as well just do as much Research as you can now and then once they both die start all over after the tank is cycled.
Good Luck to you.
P.S. It takes about a month to cycle a fish tank AND you need a source of ammonia in the tank to get the cycle started. Just letting a newly set up fish tank sit for a month will not cycle it. You need a small start cycling fish or you need to add a small amount of ammonia to the tank every day. Could even take as long as two months, thats why you need your own test kit to test every few days for a month to see what you levels are. A fully cycled tank should read Ammonia- 0 Nitrite - 0 and Nitrates - 10 - 20ppm. If you don't have Nitrates in your water the tank is not cycled. Also test your PH, Angel fish should be between 6.0 - 7.5 at the highest. Unless you by locally bought Angel fish, they can go higher cus they are used to it. I keep and beed my Angelfish in 8.0 PH which for most angels would be death, let alone ideal conditions. Thats just cus they are F2 and used to it.
Anorexic. LOL jk.
He probably doesn't like the
food.
He probably doesn't like the
food.
It is not hungry!
kidding! they may be sick
or they just don't like the food
kidding! they may be sick
or they just don't like the food