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Tank 50cm/92cm/36cm litres139.1
hardness 280
Ammonia:0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 0
pH:7.2
Temp:27 c
Tank has very large granet rocks to hide in gravel with sand areas drift wood (which is australian gum tree root which came form a tree thats been dead for about a hundred years. It has been in the tank for 3 years.
Stock List (Quantity/Species
Peacock{ avlonocora} 12cm
Scat 15cm
osca 3cm
Dolphin cichlid 15cm/ 8cm
upside down cat fish 8cm
Bulldog pleco catfish 12cm I think thats what he is.
Red Jewel 13cm
Electric yellows 2 11cm
Hongi 10cm / 8cm
blue striped fish dont know what type cichlid
filter is a fluval 204 canister

The scat has started to breath very quickly I have noticed that his gill seem ok in colour but i dont know if the filament are normal or not they look like white fine eyelashes but lots of them almost like a fringe.
The ph did drop 3 weeks ago but I have done heaps of water changes it seem stable now also added shell grit the osca is a new fish (a gift )
He seems ok

sounds a bit over stocked to me.

add some aeration ASAP and increase the surface agitation by lowering the water level an inch or two until you can retrieve a aerator.



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scat breathing //I forgot to say that I have a bubble wall 1200mm in a s pattern in the tank as well . the out let of the filter is above water line.

Starting to feel the need for a little increase in salinity maybe? It can protect the gills from nitrite etc..

Hi,
I'm thinking the Scat is out of its natural element and
is under quite a bit of stress. Scats are brackish water
fish. They must have a salinity (Specific Gravity) of 1.005
to 1.012. The other fish you have in that tank cannot live
in water that is saline. I suspect you should immediately
remove the Scat from that tank and either return it, or
give it the water that it requires, quickly.

http://badmanstropicalfish.com/stats/misc_stats/stats_misc2d.html

Also... Please note the size of these fish when mature..
12 inches! Your tank is not big enough for this fish
muchless all the others that you have in it.

Frank


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Scat : Was told by my pet shop to add more salts and melafix. He doing his thing and seems ok now .I know the tank is getting small .it was a gift from my Husband. 5 years ago .The fish have grown up in the tank and had babies. But I am trying to talk him into a much larger tank.