Kitty_Nin
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I have a new fish tank with 1 giant danio, 2 comet goldfish, and 1 golden algae eater in it. It's 20 gallons, kept at 72 degrees. I've check pH, ammonia, nitrates, etc. and all are fine. I cycled it for 1 month before putting the fish in three days ago. My danio has not eaten at all, but he seems mostly fine... no ick or fungal spots or anything like that. The other fish aren't picking at him at all, I've been watching them very closely. (and yes, I know all about the reputations of CAEs) I'm feeding them a small pinch of tropical fish flakes twice a day, and all of the other fish are eating fine. The danio will swim right into a sinking flake and not even seem to notice it. The goldfish clean the food up pretty well, but not so quickly that he doesn't have ample opportunity to get some food, he just doesn't seem remotely interested. He zips around a lot, seems almost worried or something, and also has this weird habit of putting his nose in a corner and swimming hard against the glass. This morning I also noticed a sort of wrinkle in the top part of his tail, like it's folded down on itself. He seems to hold his tail sort of limply, but all of his other fins are perky. Am I just over-reacting, or is there something wrong with my fish?
P.S.--the danio and CAE are about 1.5 inches long, goldfish about 1 inch.
P.S.--the danio and CAE are about 1.5 inches long, goldfish about 1 inch.