I recently rescaped my 210 gallon new world Cichlid tank, replacing the rough jagged rock I had in the tank with smooth fake rocks from Aquadecor, so that my large Oscar would stop getting scraped up. In the process, my Pike's covered cave got removed. He has places to hide with the new rocks but not the completely covered cave he used to have. Some water volume has also been lost as the new rocks are bigger than the old rocks.
As I was making the changes, Mike (the Pike) developed the red-ish rusty looking splotches you see in the photo. The speed of this was amazing so I have to assume its stress induced. Its been about a week and he is still mostly hiding and not eating. None of the other fish in the tank have had a significant reaction to the change. While the change has benefited the Oscar, I'm worried about Mike.
I have been monitoring ammonia, nitrite, ph, etc twice a day since the changes and there has been no spikes or rapid changes.
Any of you Pike experts ever seen this reaction? Do I give it more time for adaptation or am I going to have to reestablish a cave for him?
Thanks.
As I was making the changes, Mike (the Pike) developed the red-ish rusty looking splotches you see in the photo. The speed of this was amazing so I have to assume its stress induced. Its been about a week and he is still mostly hiding and not eating. None of the other fish in the tank have had a significant reaction to the change. While the change has benefited the Oscar, I'm worried about Mike.
I have been monitoring ammonia, nitrite, ph, etc twice a day since the changes and there has been no spikes or rapid changes.
Any of you Pike experts ever seen this reaction? Do I give it more time for adaptation or am I going to have to reestablish a cave for him?
Thanks.