I have 4 electric yellow cichlids. Unforutnately , one was attacked(I believe he was the "other" male). I have him in a home made nursing contraption. Its two fish nets clipped together just to protect him from the other fish.
I have tried letting him out and he will just fall to the bottom and become lifeless again. Put him in the net , he comes back to life. He will not eat outside the net , but every night i open the nets and throw some food to him. With in 10 mins , its usually all gone.
I do not have the option for a nursery tank right now for him.
he is starting to look unhealthy and he is starting to swim in circles.
His tail fin was messed up pretty bad from the attack. I believe thats why he cant swim right.
It feels like im starting to torture this fish , but he is still very, very active. One other fish always comes to the net and he seems to interact with it.
What should i do with this fish. I dont want it to have brain damage or something and im just making it suffer.. but im just not sure ifi can get it back to health with the net contraption i have him in. he has a little bit of swimming room , but he just does not have full access to the tank.
Am i torturing this fish? What should i do?
I have tried letting him out and he will just fall to the bottom and become lifeless again. Put him in the net , he comes back to life. He will not eat outside the net , but every night i open the nets and throw some food to him. With in 10 mins , its usually all gone.
I do not have the option for a nursery tank right now for him.
he is starting to look unhealthy and he is starting to swim in circles.
His tail fin was messed up pretty bad from the attack. I believe thats why he cant swim right.
It feels like im starting to torture this fish , but he is still very, very active. One other fish always comes to the net and he seems to interact with it.
What should i do with this fish. I dont want it to have brain damage or something and im just making it suffer.. but im just not sure ifi can get it back to health with the net contraption i have him in. he has a little bit of swimming room , but he just does not have full access to the tank.
Am i torturing this fish? What should i do?