fish in shock?

willie

willie

Member
Yesterday I added a small school of green chromis (3) I already had a damsel in the tank who has never had a problem in the tank but was the only fish. He promptly beat the crap out of the chromis and i removed him from the equation...that was easy...NOT!
Anyway. he chased the chromis into the corner and just harrassed them and bullied them and now they wont leave that corner even though damsel is not in tank anymore. They are acting like they are in shock.1 of them is swimming around the tank and seems fine. but the other 2 are just swimming up and down in a corner with their heads pointing up most of the time. I included a picture.
Does this happen when fish are in shock? I had my water checked for everything at my lfs yesterday before I bought the fish and they said that everything was good. They usually post my results but the guy with ipad was doing it for someone else and never got my info loaded.
Could my specific gravity have something to do with this? Hydrometer reading this morning puts it at 1.024.
 
meowzer

meowzer

Moderator
Are there any marks on the fish? Are they eating?
I would leave them alone, and let them get "comfortable" again
 
willie

willie

Member
no they look unscathed by the whole thing. Just holding tight to the wall and looking toward the top.
 
travelerjp98

travelerjp98

Active Member
IMO, I think that the best thing for them is to just give them time and to cross your fingers..................
mine are crossed for you too :)
 
willie

willie

Member
Thanks guys, I hope everything is ok they seem to be about the same but I remain optimistic. is the whole nose to the sky balance issue is not uncommon for fish after some highly traumatic tank shifting and damsel assualt?
 
willie

willie

Member
Great news in fishtank town, Larry Darryl and Darryl (my 3 chromis) are over the shock, out of the corner, eating like horses and swimming playfully. Thanks for the good advice.
 
willie

willie

Member
Great news in fishtank town, Larry Darryl and Darryl (my 3 chromis) are over the shock, out of the corner, eating like horses and swimming playfully. Thanks for the good advice.
 
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smallreef

Guest
Thats your best bet.. damsels (usually excluding chromis) are EVIL!! now you can actually have some fish that are nice to newcomers, lol
 
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