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fish on bottom of tank

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#1 ·
hi again,i have 3 swordfish in my tank,and for the last few day's the swordifh and the balloon fish have been resting on bottom of the tank,i fed them this morning and none of the fish seamed to be eating,there very lifeless.1 of the swordfish has fin rot,so have moved her to hospital tank,

was just wondering why the rest where all at bottom of tank,iv tested the water using the api testing kits,amonina is on 0,ph is at 6.5,nitrates is at 0.5 and the nitrites is on 0, could some1 plz give me some advice as to what to do,iv put meds in for fin rot
 
#9 ·
swordfish not acting look it should be

hi again,

when i woke up this morning 1 of my swordfish has died.
and the other 2 are still lying on bottom of tank,1 is swimming very strange sideways,and when the currant catches him,he just tips to 1 side,any idea's how i can save them :-(
 
#10 ·
The API test kit does not give Nitrate readings at 0.5, are you sure you do not mean NITRITES. If it is Nitrite then your tank is going through a mini cycle.

Is the tank planted?
 
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