Fish sitting on the bottom

It was a three day thing. Fish is fine now, and I really made no changes
during that time, except for my weekly wall scrubbing and 20% water change.

I use sand, no gravel, and "rake" it every week when I change water. Tank
was setup 3 months ago. Nitrates and Ammonia don't even register in the
test kits.

Devin

wrote in message
...
if the fish has always acted this way, it probably means nothing. if this
is a
change in activity levels for a fish it could mean that specific fish has
a problem.
they are called "indicator fish" as they seem to be touchier than the
rest.
what are the nitrates?
how often are water changes done?
got gravel? how long since it was pulled out and the whole tank cleaned?


"Devin" wrote:

I have a fish that seems to be lazy lately. He sits on the bottom of the
tank, just staring around, unless he thinks it's time to be fed, and then
he's very active and swimming.

No problems with water parameters (good PH, no ammonia or nitrites), good
temp, etc. The other 3 fish (4 fish in a 40 gallon tank) are all fine.
The
fish in question looks healthy, just lazy. It's been going on for a few
days.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Devin





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One of my 5 goldfish spazzes out (indicator fish) before any of the other
ones seem affected.
This happens when the Nitrates start to climb, he starts behaving
erratically. Lst time I had a
fish that sat at the bottom, he died shortly thereafter, dosrn't mean yours
will though...
....Kodiak.

"Devin" wrote in message
hlink.net...
It was a three day thing. Fish is fine now, and I really made no changes
during that time, except for my weekly wall scrubbing and 20% water
change.

I use sand, no gravel, and "rake" it every week when I change water. Tank
was setup 3 months ago. Nitrates and Ammonia don't even register in the
test kits.

Devin

wrote in message
...
if the fish has always acted this way, it probably means nothing. if
this
is a
change in activity levels for a fish it could mean that specific fish
has
a problem.
they are called "indicator fish" as they seem to be touchier than the
rest.
what are the nitrates?
how often are water changes done?
got gravel? how long since it was pulled out and the whole tank
cleaned?


"Devin" wrote:

I have a fish that seems to be lazy lately. He sits on the bottom of
the
tank, just staring around, unless he thinks it's time to be fed, and
then
he's very active and swimming.

No problems with water parameters (good PH, no ammonia or nitrites),
good
temp, etc. The other 3 fish (4 fish in a 40 gallon tank) are all fine.
The
fish in question looks healthy, just lazy. It's been going on for a
few
days.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Devin





~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.

This one does it every once in a while for a day or two, and then is fine
for weeks at a time. He's doing it again today, checked the water
paramaters, and all is fine.

I think he does it just to worry me.


"Kodiak" wrote in message
.. .
One of my 5 goldfish spazzes out (indicator fish) before any of the other
ones seem affected.
This happens when the Nitrates start to climb, he starts behaving
erratically. Lst time I had a
fish that sat at the bottom, he died shortly thereafter, dosrn't mean
yours
will though...
...Kodiak.

"Devin" wrote in message
hlink.net...
It was a three day thing. Fish is fine now, and I really made no changes
during that time, except for my weekly wall scrubbing and 20% water
change.

I use sand, no gravel, and "rake" it every week when I change water.
Tank
was setup 3 months ago. Nitrates and Ammonia don't even register in the
test kits.

Devin

wrote in message
...
if the fish has always acted this way, it probably means nothing. if
this
is a
change in activity levels for a fish it could mean that specific fish
has
a problem.
they are called "indicator fish" as they seem to be touchier than the
rest.
what are the nitrates?
how often are water changes done?
got gravel? how long since it was pulled out and the whole tank
cleaned?


"Devin" wrote:

I have a fish that seems to be lazy lately. He sits on the bottom of
the
tank, just staring around, unless he thinks it's time to be fed, and
then
he's very active and swimming.

No problems with water parameters (good PH, no ammonia or nitrites),
good
temp, etc. The other 3 fish (4 fish in a 40 gallon tank) are all
fine.
The
fish in question looks healthy, just lazy. It's been going on for a
few
days.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Devin





~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.

Speaking of fish that do things just to worry you.. I have a red oranda
that loves to swim upside down when the lights are off. She eats fine,
swims fine and plays well with her tankmates (not that I actually know
it's a she, my daughter named her Goldine). It just seems like every
time my pleco swims upside down at the top of the tank to try and get
the last little crumb, she has to imitate him. Now the family just
laughs and shakes their head at her when she does it.

Devin wrote:
This one does it every once in a while for a day or two, and then is fine
for weeks at a time. He's doing it again today, checked the water
paramaters, and all is fine.

I think he does it just to worry me.


"Kodiak" wrote in message
.. .

One of my 5 goldfish spazzes out (indicator fish) before any of the other
ones seem affected.
This happens when the Nitrates start to climb, he starts behaving
erratically. Lst time I had a
fish that sat at the bottom, he died shortly thereafter, dosrn't mean

yours

will though...
...Kodiak.

That's the way I'm getting with this fish. I still check up on him when he
acts "odd", but don't really get too concerned anymore.

He swims upside down sometimes as well, just does a lazy back stroke the
length of the tank, and then flips back over. He also swims on his side
when he wants to be fed. Guess he thinks I'll reward him for his neat
trick. He's the only one of my 4 fish that acts even remotely like this.


"Wendy Puckett" wrote in message
...
Speaking of fish that do things just to worry you.. I have a red oranda
that loves to swim upside down when the lights are off. She eats fine,
swims fine and plays well with her tankmates (not that I actually know
it's a she, my daughter named her Goldine). It just seems like every
time my pleco swims upside down at the top of the tank to try and get
the last little crumb, she has to imitate him. Now the family just
laughs and shakes their head at her when she does it.

Devin wrote:
This one does it every once in a while for a day or two, and then is
fine
for weeks at a time. He's doing it again today, checked the water
paramaters, and all is fine.

I think he does it just to worry me.


"Kodiak" wrote in message
.. .

One of my 5 goldfish spazzes out (indicator fish) before any of the
other
ones seem affected.
This happens when the Nitrates start to climb, he starts behaving
erratically. Lst time I had a
fish that sat at the bottom, he died shortly thereafter, dosrn't mean

yours

will though...
...Kodiak.