panaque sticking it's nose above water

[winglion]

I have this 7cm lda63, sometime it stick it's nose above water, like it was sucking on the glass in the air. Other royal plec in the tank is healthy. Only this one is not active in eating. The fish did not suffer sunken eye or belly, but looks quite slim.,hanging on the glass most of the time, and swims rather slow. Did not seem to improve for quite some time senice it was introduced to my tank. Any experience with this? Thanks.

Larry

 

[bigbird]

i would urgently do a 40% water change. Any time a L puts the nose out means something is not correct with the water.
What are your water readings ?
How big is your tank ?
What other fish do you have ?
What filters etc.
Do you have enough wood in the tank ? cheers jk :thumbup:

 

[winglion]

i would urgently do a 40% water change. Any time a L puts the nose out means something is not correct with the water.
What are your water readings ?
How big is your tank ?
What other fish do you have ?
What filters etc.
Do you have enough wood in the tank ? cheers jk :thumbup:

The ph is 6.5 tds 25 temp is 27.7 c , I have 3 other panaque in the same tank, they are very healthy and eating as much as they can.

Larry

 

[Jackson]

What do you feed them?