Hey all
I had 6 pygmies, had them since october and they were doing extremely well as a breeding group. Over the week there has been some odd behaviour and have now lost two :cry:
The behaviour was in one where he was at the top alot and ended up swimming around the tank upside down..Netted and isolated him, but then a second one did the same. So it was suggested to treat all of them wiht a anti internal. The water stats were perfect except after a dead pygmy. since then found two dead (probably because of the med now I think of it). The original one is still alive and kicking, a little faded and stressed from being separated in a breeding trap, so last night added him back to the group remaining and have done a good water change today.
One of the things that is odd is I bought a singular pygmy from this particular guy who the original group were brought from and he was doing it. (When I got him, put him separate to the others). I have now 5 new pygmies, in a separate tank, and they have been wonderful, zipping about.
So sorry for my ramblings, are they affected with something or could it just be old age? As the originals the guy didnt know when he got them in or how long they had been there (previous fish were a year old!). Any thoughts really appreciated
I had 6 pygmies, had them since october and they were doing extremely well as a breeding group. Over the week there has been some odd behaviour and have now lost two :cry:
The behaviour was in one where he was at the top alot and ended up swimming around the tank upside down..Netted and isolated him, but then a second one did the same. So it was suggested to treat all of them wiht a anti internal. The water stats were perfect except after a dead pygmy. since then found two dead (probably because of the med now I think of it). The original one is still alive and kicking, a little faded and stressed from being separated in a breeding trap, so last night added him back to the group remaining and have done a good water change today.
One of the things that is odd is I bought a singular pygmy from this particular guy who the original group were brought from and he was doing it. (When I got him, put him separate to the others). I have now 5 new pygmies, in a separate tank, and they have been wonderful, zipping about.
So sorry for my ramblings, are they affected with something or could it just be old age? As the originals the guy didnt know when he got them in or how long they had been there (previous fish were a year old!). Any thoughts really appreciated