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For the last few days, my Ryukin, an assumed female orange and white named Peachy Keen, has been sideways and lethargic. I have fed her a couple peas, and have withheld food since, and she is in a net (double netted for safety) in my tank because I don't have a hospital tank. They all get fed at LEAST twice a week (they have live plants they devour and snails they get now and then) and I alternate between high quality flake and soilent green. When neither of these did much, I have put some malachite green in her net, small at first. This does perk her up and put her right side up, but usually for around 20 minutes of trying to eat the net before flopping back on her side. The interesting thing is, she isn't bobbing, she isn't twirling, she's just.....laying there. The snails (Trumpets and Rams horns) and ottos are totally fine, (they're my warning fish), and the other 2 ryukins and shubunkin are very healthy. My Clown Pleco is his usual shy and hungry self (he has wood). Plants have no scorching or haven't seen any odd stunting or growth spurts. I obviously cannot add salt, and the heater is at 18 degrees Celsius. Poor Peachy literally looks like she is passed out drunk. I can touch her, talk to her, jiggle the net, and she is still as if she's fast asleep on her side about an inch under the water. Only the malachite green perks her up, and then she will respond to me and be perky again and try to eat the net....but, then, back to the listless floating. In the last 24 hours, her breathing has slowed, but then perks up fine. I only give a couple drops at at time, as it mostly stays in the net and she tries to eat it.
I don't have test kits, but I have never had an issue, and all but one Ryukin have been from the same pet store, including my plants. I have no reason to think that it's nitrate related, and it doesn't present like constipation or swim bladder. She hasn't pooped since I fed her peas 3 days ago, and all the other tank mates are totally fine.
It is a 33 gallon, over filtered via a HOB and canister filter to around 100 gallons, and water changes are done between 30 and 50% monthly (as the new water tends to stun the Ryukins no matter what temperature, how long it sits, or whether or not I add things like cycle or water conditioner). The substrate which is mostly covered in plants is crushed coral so small that if they swallow it, it will pass through, and there are no pebbles or rocks, except those too large to swallow.
I am at a loss here...
Plants I have are Tape grass, horn wort, a breed of amazon sword, one that's got leaves that have red on the bottom and green on the top (sorry, I have no technical terms), Russian moss balls that were torn to bits and are now are re growing as hundreds of little balls, and something I have only called Jade Leaf. It's slow growing and rounded. It's a deep green color, and the main root is supposed to be above the gravel. There is no sign of hair algae, scum, or anything of the like. Lighting is HOT5 x2 bar, 100 and something watts (sorry) of plant lighting. There is a power head (really small one) that keeps the surface moving, and 3 bubblers along the walls. Hope I didn't miss anything important!
Help?....
I don't have test kits, but I have never had an issue, and all but one Ryukin have been from the same pet store, including my plants. I have no reason to think that it's nitrate related, and it doesn't present like constipation or swim bladder. She hasn't pooped since I fed her peas 3 days ago, and all the other tank mates are totally fine.
It is a 33 gallon, over filtered via a HOB and canister filter to around 100 gallons, and water changes are done between 30 and 50% monthly (as the new water tends to stun the Ryukins no matter what temperature, how long it sits, or whether or not I add things like cycle or water conditioner). The substrate which is mostly covered in plants is crushed coral so small that if they swallow it, it will pass through, and there are no pebbles or rocks, except those too large to swallow.
I am at a loss here...
Plants I have are Tape grass, horn wort, a breed of amazon sword, one that's got leaves that have red on the bottom and green on the top (sorry, I have no technical terms), Russian moss balls that were torn to bits and are now are re growing as hundreds of little balls, and something I have only called Jade Leaf. It's slow growing and rounded. It's a deep green color, and the main root is supposed to be above the gravel. There is no sign of hair algae, scum, or anything of the like. Lighting is HOT5 x2 bar, 100 and something watts (sorry) of plant lighting. There is a power head (really small one) that keeps the surface moving, and 3 bubblers along the walls. Hope I didn't miss anything important!
Help?....