fish in danger

[barnsey75]

helloooooooo, i am new to keeping tropical fish and i have had a bit of bother with 2 of my fish. I have a t-barb that is 4 inches big and a chillcard which is 3inches big and is new to the tank . the chilcard(please excuse spelling) has been nipping the t-barb 4 2 days band now the t-barb is swimming upside down i have separated them and quite concerned about my t-barb asto why he is swimming upside down?

 

[emma12321]

Hi Barnsley,


Hello and welcome to the forum,

What type of cichlid do you have? Also how big is the tank and what other fish are in it?

Cichlids are generally not community fish and most are territorial and aggressive. The barb may have swim bladder problems making it swim upside down. Keep them seperate for now.

Sorry I can't be more help. Ask a mod to move this post to the emergency forum as more people will read it and you will get more answers.

Emma

 

[rdd1952]

Hello and welcome to the forum.

Try posting in the Emergency section about the tiger barb. You will get more response there.

 

[ncstater1919]

correct me if im wrong but i think that tiger barbs are known for swimming with their nose to the ground

 

[tonilee7]

Hi, I brought a cichled and with in 2 days it had killed every thing in my tank apart from one neon mind you I had 25 fish in a 4 foot tank never had a cichlid since!!!!!