I just bought 3 blood fin tetras, and one is towards the the top of the tank, not eating and it looks like his mouth is always open. The other Tetra looks like half his mouth is missing. The other tetra looks fine and is eating. I had my tank water tested at the pet store and my water quality is very good, and I have a 10 gallon tank. I did add some aquarium salt, and will do a lot of water changes. I hope this helps.
If these guys are not in a fairly large shoal, they get upset and fragile and become susceptible to disease, this one looks like it's suffering from a swim bladder condition. Try fasting him for a few days then feeding him the inside of a cooked pea.
Well, atleast that cory is thriving! I am sure that it passed by now, but, did you have atleast six of the bloodfins in that tank? I had read that no matter how many dithers you added to the tank, a bloodfin will not emerge unless there is half a dozen darting around. Maybe that could have been a contributing factor?
@frostybadfish thats un true i jsut bought 3 this pass weekend and they one of the most active fish second to the corys and i guses becuase its a tetra tank i got alot of neon tetras liek 10 and 2 more black neon tetras so thats probly why becuase other tetras well school withs others
Yeah, with alot of neons like that, you might have fooled the bloodfins into schooling with the rest of them. But, that is cool to hear that someone appreciates good fish keeping. Good luck to you.
Hey now, you are speaking my language. Rainbows are awesome fish, and, make great dithers! Check out the Trifasciata, or Goyder River, Kamaka and Parkonsoni. Expensive, but, well worth the money spent.
When I first got these Bloodfins I had a lot of problems. I would buy 6 and then two or three would die within a couple of days. You can tell right away when there's a problem. You drop food in and one will be off in a corner by themselves and won't eat. Once you see that, it will be a goner very soon.
Some individuals are just hardier than others. It's just luck which ones you get. I bought 4 more for a total of 6 and have had no problems. My Bloodfins are hardy and look awesome! Love them!
Good to hear! I had a similar problem with some emperors I had in the past: buy six, four were dead by the next month. Usually, the females would go first after dying from egg scattering! Go figure. But, I gave up and moved onto Congos instead--I think they are really easy.
I honestly believe that getting hardy individuals is just luck. I think you'll find that for every owner that has had no problems with a certain species, there are owners that can't keep them alive.
I have brought home fish of one species and some do awesome while others mysteriously die without warning. And this is a cycled tank with no reason for them to die. Some individuals are hardy and some are not. It's a gamble as to which ones you get. If you get good ones, treasure them! :)
Luck most assuredly does have alot of "say" in the matter I would presume. But, at the same time, I think that mixing specific species together makes a happy fish tank: such as three larger Gouramis, some White Clouds, a few Rainbows, and a Synodontis. Thus far, nothing has died in over twenty seven months! But, your wisdom is refreshing I will say.
@eepruls Wow, thats weird, I tend to take extremely good care of my African cichlids. Haven't lost one to Natural causes in a long time. Then Today, one of my Favorite cichlids, that ive had for a very long time. Died. And he was acting just like your Bloodfin Tetra was acting here!! Wow, Now I think mine died from a bacterial infection in its stomach. I guess bloat.
@DgosFinnest I find individuals will be healthy and then become sick rather quickly and then die. There's nothing you can really do once they get too sick and stressed.
Ive had the same problem too. I bought 6 Neon tetras and only one survived. Then I bought 8 Rummy noses and 3 survived. They all died the same way you described it, after a couple of days they would start to swim funny and look twitchy.
I found out that this occurs when you do not acclimate them properly to a new tank :/
I had a similar situation with neon tetras and they did the same thing. the problem with our tank was the amonia levels were high and we lost 4 neon tetras
it has swim bladder disorder it is very easy and cheap to treat
Reecethomas34 5 months ago
I have only 3 bloodfins and they are alive and really fat lol and they seem happy
juanjohnhoe 7 months ago
I just bought 3 blood fin tetras, and one is towards the the top of the tank, not eating and it looks like his mouth is always open. The other Tetra looks like half his mouth is missing. The other tetra looks fine and is eating. I had my tank water tested at the pet store and my water quality is very good, and I have a 10 gallon tank. I did add some aquarium salt, and will do a lot of water changes. I hope this helps.
rattqueen6969 1 year ago
If these guys are not in a fairly large shoal, they get upset and fragile and become susceptible to disease, this one looks like it's suffering from a swim bladder condition. Try fasting him for a few days then feeding him the inside of a cooked pea.
Wrtbrgr87 1 year ago
Well, atleast that cory is thriving! I am sure that it passed by now, but, did you have atleast six of the bloodfins in that tank? I had read that no matter how many dithers you added to the tank, a bloodfin will not emerge unless there is half a dozen darting around. Maybe that could have been a contributing factor?
frostybadfish 2 years ago
@frostybadfish thats un true i jsut bought 3 this pass weekend and they one of the most active fish second to the corys and i guses becuase its a tetra tank i got alot of neon tetras liek 10 and 2 more black neon tetras so thats probly why becuase other tetras well school withs others
TheAquariumKid 2 years ago
Yeah, with alot of neons like that, you might have fooled the bloodfins into schooling with the rest of them. But, that is cool to hear that someone appreciates good fish keeping. Good luck to you.
frostybadfish 1 year ago
@frostybadfish yeah been keeping fish for more than a year and i am expericnsed with corys tetras and more yeah they are fooled watch my videos
added an astralian rainbow to the tank
TheAquariumKid 1 year ago
Hey now, you are speaking my language. Rainbows are awesome fish, and, make great dithers! Check out the Trifasciata, or Goyder River, Kamaka and Parkonsoni. Expensive, but, well worth the money spent.
frostybadfish 1 year ago
When I first got these Bloodfins I had a lot of problems. I would buy 6 and then two or three would die within a couple of days. You can tell right away when there's a problem. You drop food in and one will be off in a corner by themselves and won't eat. Once you see that, it will be a goner very soon.
Some individuals are just hardier than others. It's just luck which ones you get. I bought 4 more for a total of 6 and have had no problems. My Bloodfins are hardy and look awesome! Love them!
eepruls 2 years ago
Good to hear! I had a similar problem with some emperors I had in the past: buy six, four were dead by the next month. Usually, the females would go first after dying from egg scattering! Go figure. But, I gave up and moved onto Congos instead--I think they are really easy.
frostybadfish 1 year ago
I honestly believe that getting hardy individuals is just luck. I think you'll find that for every owner that has had no problems with a certain species, there are owners that can't keep them alive.
I have brought home fish of one species and some do awesome while others mysteriously die without warning. And this is a cycled tank with no reason for them to die. Some individuals are hardy and some are not. It's a gamble as to which ones you get. If you get good ones, treasure them! :)
eepruls 1 year ago
Luck most assuredly does have alot of "say" in the matter I would presume. But, at the same time, I think that mixing specific species together makes a happy fish tank: such as three larger Gouramis, some White Clouds, a few Rainbows, and a Synodontis. Thus far, nothing has died in over twenty seven months! But, your wisdom is refreshing I will say.
frostybadfish 1 year ago
@eepruls Wow, thats weird, I tend to take extremely good care of my African cichlids. Haven't lost one to Natural causes in a long time. Then Today, one of my Favorite cichlids, that ive had for a very long time. Died. And he was acting just like your Bloodfin Tetra was acting here!! Wow, Now I think mine died from a bacterial infection in its stomach. I guess bloat.
DgosFinnest 1 year ago
@DgosFinnest I find individuals will be healthy and then become sick rather quickly and then die. There's nothing you can really do once they get too sick and stressed.
eepruls 1 year ago
@eepruls
Ive had the same problem too. I bought 6 Neon tetras and only one survived. Then I bought 8 Rummy noses and 3 survived. They all died the same way you described it, after a couple of days they would start to swim funny and look twitchy.
I found out that this occurs when you do not acclimate them properly to a new tank :/
Almp18Ai 1 year ago
@frostybadfish yeah i wish i knew they were schoolign fish becuase i neber new
TheAquariumKid 1 year ago
my clown loaches did the saem thing about 3 weeks ago, i pulledc them out right away to make sure what is was didnt spread, hadnt had a problem since
dandeltan04 2 years ago
I had a similar situation with neon tetras and they did the same thing. the problem with our tank was the amonia levels were high and we lost 4 neon tetras
stopfinningsharks 2 years ago
Those and the glass bloodfin are realy sensitive.
I had 6 glass bloodfin and they all died in two weeks.
My other fish were thriving.
My sister had a amonia event in her tank and it killed all her fish except her gold pencil fish and her male fighting fish.
I believe her ammonia level was 4.5 at one stage and the pencils and betta were strong!!
bulldogman59 2 years ago
This one is really sick... I don't know what it could be. Have you had this fish for a long time?
Wonderboy0046 2 years ago