Help please!

[coNCac]

i got 18 wc adult trohp, i fed them this afternoon with 1mm nls and did the unthinkable i did a water change while theyre fulled now all of them floating around not swimming. Help please what do i do now folks?

[Mzungu]

I'm not sure I understand what the "unthinkable" is, but did you add dechlorinator?

[coNCac]

i usally dont fed them after 3 hours when i do a water change, that the unthinkable. yes i did add dechlorinator. theyre in 90gal bf with 2217 ehiem and 1 odessy power head filter. one of my fav trohps red lupota help me

[mgarrido]

Help please!

Add as much water agitation as you can, that means point the eheim spray bar to the water surface and also the output of your powerhead too. Also add double dose of your dechlorinator. Hope this help and good luck, please let us know what's going on with your Trophs.

[Darbex]

I dont think feeding them within 3 hrs of a feeding had any effect I do it plenty of times. Have you checked your water parameters? Are they breathing normal or are they gasping?

[ssrprelude]

With all this rain, who knows what the water company added into the water system. Add lots of oxygen and test your water. I don't think feeding them before a wc would affect them, I do it all the time.

[coNCac]

they were gasping, floating on top of the water. I added more tap water, add another power head, after watching them for an hour they're showing sign of life agian some are swining now. Looks like theyre ok, thanks guys.

[coNCac]

i got another problem, maybe you guys can help. I got about 40 frys mix trophs i overfeed them about 2 week ago. about 15 died at first when i relized they were overfeed so i stop feeding them for 3 days to get everybody back on a flat stomach. But slowly theyre kept dying day by day now only got about 8 frys left. i cant stop the bleeding theyre keep on dying i found 1 died today as well

[ssrprelude]

Treat the whole tank with Metro and epson salt. Do not feed until the are all good.

[coNCac]

thanks dude, i have to go buy some metro.

[supadave]

i got another problem, maybe you guys can help. I got about 40 frys mix trophs i overfeed them about 2 week ago. about 15 died at first when i relized they were overfeed so i stop feeding them for 3 days to get everybody back on a flat stomach. But slowly theyre kept dying day by day now only got about 8 frys left. i cant stop the bleeding theyre keep on dying i found 1 died today as well

Sorry to hear this....but I wish you would have told us earlier . I think your fry probally have Bloat and treatment should have been started two weeks ago . At this time I would go ahead and give Clout a try . Keep in mind that all feed should stop . There should be a sticky posted on the Troph and Petro forum .

[fshfrk]

You should not think your origanal group is out if trouble yet. Keep a close eye on them when they feed. If some fish do not eat you got problems. Get the metro and epson salt tomorrow it's a 911 type thing for you. Keep us posted. Good luck.

[newb]

This is a classic case of where you should make sure you have done your RESEARCH on these fish before buying them. Tropheus have become way too popular lately and I hate seeing mistakes happen to these fish that could be avoided. Dont take this too harsh because I am guilty as well. When I first started Ek told me straight up that these fish needed to be researched over and over again before keeping them successfully. Go back and read more articles...read past threads here on the 'Box...check the dates to make sure topics are current.

[gotticgs]

newb is right read your *** off I did



I got home today around 7:00

fed fish around 7:30

started 50% w/c at 9:30

finished at 11 ish

all is good

I use the hell out of prime!

water agitation is your friend !

Bloat is a *****

Metro is my buddy

My wife stole my Epsom salt for her toe ....Damit

[coNCac]

i dont really care much about these frys, i knew about metro just not quite sure if it will solve the problem. i will try metro to see what happen, only 8 left so. But if this happen to my petros then im going to really piss.