Specifics on L-024

[A Vertigo Guy]

Purchased me a new Red Fin Cactus! Spent a pretty penny on it too. I come home to see it out in the open (how strange....), and its breathing hard!!!!!! Ive many other plecoes in the tank (L-200, Snowball, Gold Nugget, a few others I cannot remember) and theyre doing just fine (not breathing hard, hiding normally, etc.), The only noticeable thing Ive done differently is that I recently jacked the temp up to like 86 and treated some other tank makes with Clout. Never had other fish be sensitive to this (esp with the other plecoes in with it.) Possible by a fluke the L-24 is reacting to something? I know this is prolly pretty vague so if theres anything Ive left out let me know.

TIA!
Chris

[Barbie]

You should ALWAYS quarantine new fish before adding them to an existing set up, for just this reason. It's going to be very hard to tell what the fish is suffering from without more information. At the beginning of this forum is a post requesting the list of information that can help us help you. Please provide all of the information you can.

Barbie

[A Vertigo Guy]

a) Temerature range. 78F-81F
b) pH. 8.2-8.3
c) GH. Not tested
d) KH Not tested
e)Ammonia, Nitrate, Nitrite, levels. All at zero
f) Water change frequency 50% once a week replaced with tap of the same listed PH above

a) Size. 75G
b) Substrate. Aragonite sand
c) Filtration. 175 wet/dry
d) Furnishings. Large rocks
e) Other tank mates. mainly african cichlids
f) How long has it been set-up? 2 years
g) When was the last new fish added? 1 month ago, it was a cichlid.

3. Symptoms / Problem description Rapid breathing, somewhat listless/sluggish

4. Action taken (if any) None, dont know whats goin on to know what to do.

5. Medications used (if any) Only medications used were Clout to treat bloat for tankmate.

Hope this helps any.