marcial
New Member
Hello all,
I am seeking your assistance in trying to figure out why my fish are swimming funny. Normally a fish swims with it's head face east and it's tail facing west (or vice-versa). My fish have been swimming with their heads facing south, while still swimming to the east or west (does that make sense). Sometimes their head is south with their tail north. They have been doing this for about 3 days now.
First let me give you some background info. I have a fish only 40 Gal tank with an under the tank wet/dry filter with a built in protein skimmer in the sump, an Aqua UV sterilizer (8watts) and one powerhead. The tank is about 6 months old but the filter is only about a month old (switched from old one). I have 1 Majestic Angel (4") 1 Blue Regal Tang (4") and 3 Percula Clowns (1" each). I have been battling ICH so I decided to try hyposalinity. The salt level is now at 1.009 (I lowered it in 4 days) and has been this way for almost a week, I will continue to maintain this for another 3 weeks. The "visible" ICH is gone but now my ammonia and nitrite has spiked up, my nitrate is still very low (about 10). I just added a bottle of Fritz Zyme for bacteria because I thought that since the filter is new, I needed to re-establish my bacteria. As you can see I've got my hands full. I've really gotten attached to my fish and don't want for them to die. Is the swimming funny a side affect from the low salt or is it something else? Please help, all comments are welcomed, thanks..
Bernardo
I am seeking your assistance in trying to figure out why my fish are swimming funny. Normally a fish swims with it's head face east and it's tail facing west (or vice-versa). My fish have been swimming with their heads facing south, while still swimming to the east or west (does that make sense). Sometimes their head is south with their tail north. They have been doing this for about 3 days now.
First let me give you some background info. I have a fish only 40 Gal tank with an under the tank wet/dry filter with a built in protein skimmer in the sump, an Aqua UV sterilizer (8watts) and one powerhead. The tank is about 6 months old but the filter is only about a month old (switched from old one). I have 1 Majestic Angel (4") 1 Blue Regal Tang (4") and 3 Percula Clowns (1" each). I have been battling ICH so I decided to try hyposalinity. The salt level is now at 1.009 (I lowered it in 4 days) and has been this way for almost a week, I will continue to maintain this for another 3 weeks. The "visible" ICH is gone but now my ammonia and nitrite has spiked up, my nitrate is still very low (about 10). I just added a bottle of Fritz Zyme for bacteria because I thought that since the filter is new, I needed to re-establish my bacteria. As you can see I've got my hands full. I've really gotten attached to my fish and don't want for them to die. Is the swimming funny a side affect from the low salt or is it something else? Please help, all comments are welcomed, thanks..
Bernardo