Ambition
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Last night I left town to visit a friend, and before leaving all of my fish were good to go. I got home at about 12:30 today and my female multibar angel was laying on her side at the bottom of the tank with a very heavy respiration rate. Did a quick run of tests to see if anything might have happened overnight, but all things check out: Salinity 1.024, Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, Nitrate 5, and pH at 8. The male multibar is doing just fine, and is actually sticking closer to the female like he is guarding her.
So, I did a small 2g WC on their 20g QT tank with slightly lower salinity water to help get some more O2 for the female. During the WC, she perked up and swam around in the water column without issue and her respiration calmed down some. Then soon after I finished, she just dropped out of the water column to the bottom. Now she continues to lay on the bottom breathing heavily. Any ideas what the heck could be going on?
So, I did a small 2g WC on their 20g QT tank with slightly lower salinity water to help get some more O2 for the female. During the WC, she perked up and swam around in the water column without issue and her respiration calmed down some. Then soon after I finished, she just dropped out of the water column to the bottom. Now she continues to lay on the bottom breathing heavily. Any ideas what the heck could be going on?