My fish is acting weird after a water change. Help please?
I’ve had these two fish for years (someone told me they were parrot fish). I just changed the water in the fish tank and now one of them is hovering near the top next to the filter, that fish is still alive and moving but he won’t move far off. Is it just the temperature change in the water that makes my fish act like this, how can I help the fish? Do I need to, or is there nothing to worry about.
I left a good amount of the old water in the tank.
Yes, I do leave the water I plan to change the old water in a seperate tank for about a week.
I add all the nessasary liquid stuff in my seperate tank of water. A water conditioner and a remover of ammonia, chloramines, chlorine.(that’s what the bottle says…got it from a fish store)
I checked the proper temperature for a Blood Parrot Chinlid and it is 70-82. the temp. in my tank is about 75 i think.
the said fish seems to be fine now.
thank you all
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did you leave some of the old water after the change? you can’t change all the water. the fish’s body isn’t use to the temperature
What temperature change? When you change the water there shouldn’t be a temperature chang. This is a problem, change the water back to the normal temperature. A temperature change can shock and even kill fish.
if you have a thermometer in the tank you may need to get the temp up in the take a bit…Temperature change can put a fish into shock..also if you didn’t put any of the old water back into the tank, it will take a bit of time for good bacteria levels to get back up
When I changed the water in my tank I always left a portion of the old Water in there, that is what I was always told to do, so I did, and it usually worked fine, and they lived. Sometimes hoeever fish to take a little while to adjust to this water, so it’s possible your fish may come out of this little trace he is in, but if not he may have had a reaction to the change in the water…they are very picky
Quick check for chlorine is it tap water? Also, never , never switch to cold water. You could keep the water before changes for many days in containers. The pH obviously changed in the water or a malfunction in the equipment.
Check if the water in the tank is quickly moving. It should aerate the tank if it is barely moving you will not inject any air. Typing very fast, trying to save your pet.
If your next to a pet store get yourself a pH tester! It may be life and death. You may want to buy yourself a special chemical in the store if the water is bad pH balanced.
You do need to keep some old water as someone said. Because it retains some of the good bacteria. The fish might have gotten into shock.
Did you make sure not to put too much of chemicals? Some chemicals can’t be intermixed.
Check your filters as far as know if you have the filter that embeds into gravel check if it has not become clogged. If it is one of those cornerstone check if it has not become full of fish feces (you would be surprised things between sponge). You may need to replace the carbon.
Check your pipeline from the water pump. If anywhere opening, you may be depriving the fish of air. Usually when the pet starts swimming up it is trying to extract the air. It is gasping and may die if whatever cause not resolved.
Does this fish species need some salt? You may have forgot if so! Just top of my head at the moment. (you may already know duh! but just reminder not table salt!)
Please update as soon as you can on your fish.
Skyblue is right. You have to leave some of the old water in the tank so that there is good bacteria. The temperature of the new water needs to be the same as the temperature of the old water, and the new water has to be treated with dechlorinator to remove chlorine.
I have two oversized goldfish. Whenever I change their water, I always save about 1/3 of the water to put back into the tank. This is because fish put their scent in their water, especially if it’s a fish tank, so they know that it’s their territory. By putting some of the old water back in the tank, they smell their scent and they don’t have to create more of their scent in the water. By doing this, you can also keep your tank cleaner because they won’t fill it with a lot of their scent (which makes the tank dirty) because, to them, it seems like they were put back into the same water.