Help Please!!!

[chmielio54]

I just brought home a peacock Cichlid today i have various other African Cichlids in a 38 Gallon tank. I went to my grandma's house and came home and now he is floating "belly up," but he is not quite Dead. Is there anything i can do to help him?

P.S. what are the water parameters supposed to be for African cichlids, my parameters now are horrible, and this is why the fish is dying, PH-7.0, Ammonia-.25, Nitrite-0, and Nitrate-160. i tested using the Freshwater Master Kit.

Please help this fish was very expensive

 

[sweetpickles7]

Your ph is low, your ammonia should be 0 and your nitrate is really high. And im just going to say that your 38gal is probably overstocked. Do a water change and see if that helps. maybe a 50% water change.

 

[chmielio54]

Plus he is trying so hard to flip himself, and i tried to help him but he would swim and then flip back over.

This has become very personal, i want to help him. Plus he was a $52.00 fish

 

[sweetpickles7]

Do a 50% waterchange and that should help your water parm.

 

[Kephren01]

I have to restate what sweetpickles said, you just bought a peacock and you already have others, you might have to many cichlids in a small area, I'd look at possibly another tank or a bigger tank. Also, are the fish you have compatible? Water may be bad but I wouldn't rule out another fish.

There's different ideas about overstocking and being ok... personally, I tried what I thought was "overstocking" and I kept losing fish until I had an appropriate amount. As bad as it sounds, once I let the fish die off to only a handful, they were all perfectly fine (though I personally wouldn't do that again)

 

[marvin]

you have other cichlids living in those bad pram's please adjust.. and take the peacock back asap watch the others very close you may have to treat the tank with pimafix@ aquarium pharm aceutiicals