Tin-foil Barb
L & D Mullins
the corner into my living room where my tanks sits. I don't know if I scared
him or what but about that time he rammed into the side of the tank. He then
proceeded to swim erractically and bump into just about everything. His eyes
also started getting cloudy and he seemed to be losing his color. I wasn't
sure if his distress was from ramming the tank or if he had already
developed an illness. I opened the top, thinking about getting him out and
putting him in a hospital tank when, all of a sudden, he jumped out. I
picked him up off the floor, after suffering a small heart attack and put
him in the hospital tank. I then added some penicillin because it said
something about helping cloudy eyes and that's really all the medication
that I had at the time. I hope I didn't mess up. He is still alive today but
he still get's highly aggitated when anyone walks near the tank and he still
has cloudy eyes. Also, he seems to be at the top all the time (which doesn't
seem like a good thing at all). I change about 20% of the water in all my
tanks about every 2 to 3 days and everyone else seems very healthy.
Can anyone give me some advice on how to keep him alive.
Thanks for any information
Donna
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he jumped out of the tank, he was rolling over onto his back, between his
fits of swimming around like a whirl-wind. I truly thought that he was
dying. He would swim around, then float to the bottom, then jerk a few
times, then start the whole process over.
Also, he is a pretty good size fish (about 6 or 7 inches long) so when he
swims into things he really knocks everything around.
Help me please
Donna
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is right. It depends on your bioload and water conditions. I change 30%
every 2 to 3 weeks. But then again I have a massive amount of filtration and
a medium size bioload. (I could add double the amount of fish than I have)
The tank is also heavily planted which is good for the fish and water
conditions.
Ron
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> I'm having a major problem with my Tinfoil Barb. Yesterday I walked around
> the corner into my living room where my tanks sits. I don't know if I scared
> him or what but about that time he rammed into the side of the tank. He then
> proceeded to swim erractically and bump into just about everything. His eyes
> also started getting cloudy and he seemed to be losing his color. I wasn't
> sure if his distress was from ramming the tank or if he had already
> developed an illness. I opened the top, thinking about getting him out and
> putting him in a hospital tank when, all of a sudden, he jumped out. I
> picked him up off the floor, after suffering a small heart attack and put
> him in the hospital tank. I then added some penicillin because it said
> something about helping cloudy eyes and that's really all the medication
> that I had at the time. I hope I didn't mess up. He is still alive today but
> he still get's highly aggitated when anyone walks near the tank and he still
> has cloudy eyes. Also, he seems to be at the top all the time (which doesn't
> seem like a good thing at all). I change about 20% of the water in all my
> tanks about every 2 to 3 days and everyone else seems very healthy.
> Can anyone give me some advice on how to keep him alive.
> Thanks for any information
> Donna
Hi, Cyn here.
It's been my experience that certain fish react (or all fish react to certain
ailments) by becoming, as you described, extremely aggitated and erratic
behavior. My black ghost behaved in such a manner mere hours before he died
from what I think was Chilodonella or other ailment.. The cloudy eyes further
substantiate this, which could be secondary or a part of it.
The stores have specially-made pills for the different ailments. Check them
out. They will give you a description outline to help you determine the
ailment.
Also, give me a few more days, and then I'll have my site up and running.
Definitely go to the store now, though. Your fish needs further and immediate
treatment (sooner the better)...always.
Good luck.
George Hannah
large oscar for 3 weeks. They lost a few scales to the oscar and I had to
remove them to another tank, where they remained jumpy for several weeks.
During this time, they flipped out every time I put my hands in the tank, so
I just left the tank alone as much as possible for a while.
If you are scaring the fish every time you walk into the room, I'd suggest
keeping him in the hospital tank for a while, and leaving the light off most
of the time. Also, you may want to put a sheet or something over the tank so
that he doesn't see you walking around the room. Other than that, leave him
be as much as possible.
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