Boochika
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Done a lot of research on this and have even seen some posts on here about similar issues. I have afire fish in a 5 gallon qt by himself. All parameters are good except 20 nitrate and 8.4 reading of pH. He has a small cave built out of marine pure and live rock in one corner of the aquarium.
I've fed him every other day since I got him Saturday and he's seemed perfect until today when I got home from work. I did a 50 percent water change and it doesnt seem much better so far. He is swimming around and seems fine when he does so. But when he stops he falls over to one side. He also seems to be breathing pretty hard but hasn't approached the surface or gasped with an open mouth much.
Could it be flukes? Is the tank too small? Is he underfed? His skin and coloration including eyes still looks very good. I don't know what else to do.
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I've fed him every other day since I got him Saturday and he's seemed perfect until today when I got home from work. I did a 50 percent water change and it doesnt seem much better so far. He is swimming around and seems fine when he does so. But when he stops he falls over to one side. He also seems to be breathing pretty hard but hasn't approached the surface or gasped with an open mouth much.
Could it be flukes? Is the tank too small? Is he underfed? His skin and coloration including eyes still looks very good. I don't know what else to do.
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