As mentioned before, I put the fish into a serperate tub and I have now
cleaned the tank completly, all the water and washed the stones. I tiped it
onto its side outside and gave it a good hose down. I refilled the tank and
left it 24 hours to settle. Placed the fish back into the tank (they were
still not looking too good) and within 5 or 6 hours they have all stopped
gulping air fron the top of the water and are starting to look better with a
bit of rumaging along the bottom. I gave them a feed after 24 hours and as
far as I can see most of them ate so that is a good sign.

There is only one fish worrying me at the moment. He was the one who looked
in the worst state before spending most of the day gulping on the top. That
fish still looks a little bit lathargic and the colour is a little dull but
he isn't gulping on the top or sitting on the bottom so I will give it a
couple of days and see what happens I think. Possibly the salt dip will
help.

Thanks for all the fantastic help given on this forum! Because of it 8 fish
are still alive.

Cheers
Lenny


wrote in message
...
right. better circulation and the fish rest comfortably right under a
stone 1-2
inches up off the bottom of the tank.
now strong powerheads or filter flow can be a problem.
Ingrid

Jolly Fisherman wrote:

The only thing I want to add is that when fish are very sick and weak
and consequently crashing on the bottom, they can have difficulty with
the current generated by an airstone on the bottom of a small
container. One can create a weaker current by mounting the airstone
higher up on the wall of the container. The same thing can be
accomplished by bleeding off some of the air, but that also reduces
surface agitation. Basically one just has to adjust things based on
how it looks.

The environment has to be as stress free & pristine as possible to
heal. Currents in small containers can be stressful. I find
sometimes also reducing room light is calming.

Just another $0.02



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