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After the entire day in the quarantine tank, she is now pineconing a little bit so I think it's dropsy.
However, she is also way more lively, swimming around again instead of hiding.
I don't want to make her suffer so I think clove oil if it doesn't improve by tomorrow? But how do I know if it...
That's my tank, just for reference:
Is there anything that I can do right now to try and save her and give her a better environment?
I mentioned parameters and tank mates in the top post. Lights I usually have a gradual increase from 7:30-9am and then shutting down from 4:30-6pm. Also a short...
Yeah that's what I'm worried about. I would like to remove the environmental stress, but don't know what's stressing her out, as she seemed happy in the tank for a while, got along with the other fish, had plenty of hiding spaces, etc. :(
I managed to capture a video:
https://streamable.com/vapnsb
Also forgot to mention, for aeration I have a sponge filter with airpump and a HOB filter. I don't think it's oxygen issue as none of the fish seem to go to the surface to breathe
Hi, my female Apisto was happy for a good few months but now I feel like she's sick and I can't figure out with what.
Tank has been going for three months, two of them with fish, fully cycled.
Ammonia, Nitrite at 0, Nitrate at 5-10ppm. pH is at 7.4 which I know is a bit high but she's been...
Yes absolutely I'll do that, thank you.
It seems way more peaceful since the other one passed, my apisto is even leaving the shrimp alone now!
Always comes to the glass to say hi as well haha.
I just wanted to confirm as well, is that it's full size or will it still grow more? It looks about...
Thank you all, unfortunately the problem "solved itself". Before I had the chance to set up quarantine or return one to the fish store, the small Apisto died.
I believe it was sickly and the added stress of the female didn't help. I've read that there's quite a lot of inbreeding with Apistos and...
Hmm thank you for that. Before stocking I made multiple posts on various aquarium forums, including reddit, and everyone said this is a perfectly ok stocking.
Not even aqadvisor threw any issues up.
As mentioned, neither Apisto is even remotely interested in bothering my other fish at the...
Of course, my bad. It's a 20g high. I don't have other tanks unfortunately.
Tank mates are 8 endless and 5 Panda Cory's, as well as some snails, that they leave alone. It's just that other Apisto she chased away.
I tried using plants to give them lots of hiding spaces too.
And yeah I realize...
The bottom one, yellow, has now become very aggressive towards the top, small.one.
Any suggestions on how to reduce that aggression?
She also seems to be chasing my shrimp a lot :(
Ah thank you that's a point I didn't consider!
The top one is still very small, I think it's a very young one. Probably around an inch or so big at the moment
After a long search I finally found a LFS that sold Apisto Cockatoos and I bought the only 2 they had. They're really happy in my tank but I think I got two females? See attached.
Do I need a male? If so, any suggestions where / how I can buy a male in the LA area?
I think I still have the...