Mitzee
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Hi guys,
I wonder if anyone could lend any ideas or help?
I've had Penny for a while now, a couple of months?
Anyway, I acquired her through a friend who rescued her from another owner, now I don't know the details of how she was kept, only she was attacked by her tank mate and the other owner didn't have the facilities to keep her on. So she came to me, my tank was well cycled etc etc.
I clean her weekly, give or take, and check the parameters, also weekly.
I feed her mostly and Bloodworms and Daphnia.
Just lately she seems to be thrashing around, very restless, it's quite worrying to watch her to be honest.
And today she started floating, for most of the day, I've moved her to the fridge so she doesn't get stressed or anything. She seemed to be coming up for air quite a bit, however I have a lot of plants in the tank, surely these give enough oxygen?
But even with the thrashing around she doesn't really show any other signs of stress?
There's no marks or anything different about the way she looks either.
The temp of the tank is around 19-20 C
And I've just checked the parameters;;
PH - 7.5
Ammonia - 0
Nitrite - 0.1
Nitrate - 5
Am I just over reacting or is there something serious going on?
Thanks in advance
Mitz xx
I wonder if anyone could lend any ideas or help?
I've had Penny for a while now, a couple of months?
Anyway, I acquired her through a friend who rescued her from another owner, now I don't know the details of how she was kept, only she was attacked by her tank mate and the other owner didn't have the facilities to keep her on. So she came to me, my tank was well cycled etc etc.
I clean her weekly, give or take, and check the parameters, also weekly.
I feed her mostly and Bloodworms and Daphnia.
Just lately she seems to be thrashing around, very restless, it's quite worrying to watch her to be honest.
And today she started floating, for most of the day, I've moved her to the fridge so she doesn't get stressed or anything. She seemed to be coming up for air quite a bit, however I have a lot of plants in the tank, surely these give enough oxygen?
But even with the thrashing around she doesn't really show any other signs of stress?
There's no marks or anything different about the way she looks either.
The temp of the tank is around 19-20 C
And I've just checked the parameters;;
PH - 7.5
Ammonia - 0
Nitrite - 0.1
Nitrate - 5
Am I just over reacting or is there something serious going on?
Thanks in advance
Mitz xx