Rainbow Shark floating in same spot

[kenthebunni]

I’m having issues with my albino rainbow shark, today I transferred her to a 20gal tank from a 5gal as well as my 4 neon tetras and 4 mollys 1 albino Bristlenose pleco and 1 kuhli loach(the neons passed within an hour of the tank swap) but she’s been on the side of the tank floating in the same spot for a few hours as well as laying on the bottom. I can see the mouth moving as well as the fins and once in a while she’ll come out and move but then goes back to either spot. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!

 

[WRWAquarium]

Is the new tank cycled? Water dechlorinated?

Fish can be stressed by moving tanks so the behaviour could be related to that.

 

[SuriahAnderson]

When I first set my tank up, I used to keep guppies and they started doing something very similar to what you described here. They would sit around in the tank in a single spot for ages, barely doing anything before they eventually died. This happened to me several times until I just stopped getting guppies, to this day I'm still not sure what caused it.

People ask this a lot on this site, but what are your water parameters? I've begun to suspect that my guppies might have died because of a Ph or water imbalance that was fatal to them. Is your tank properly set up to house the rainbow, is the water quality set up to match what this species might need?

 

[kenthebunni]

Is the new tank cycled? Water dechlorinated?

Fish can be stressed by moving tanks so the behaviour could be related to that.

I’m not 100% sure if it’s cycled but the water is dechlorinated, the new tank got set up and ran for about 17h before I transferred them to the new. I noticed this morning she’s been inside of her “cave” but I haven’t seen her move at all I’m a bit worried she passed throughout the night

When I first set my tank up, I used to keep guppies and they started doing something very similar to what you described here. They would sit around in the tank in a single spot for ages, barely doing anything before they eventually died. This happened to me several times until I just stopped getting guppies, to this day I'm still not sure what caused it.

People ask this a lot on this site, but what are your water parameters? I've begun to suspect that my guppies might have died because of a Ph or water imbalance that was fatal to them. Is your tank properly set up to house the rainbow, is the water quality set up to match what this species might need?

I went to my local petsmart for a water test(im a little tight on money but im trying to do the best I can with what I can do) but the Ammonia level was 0 Nitrate was 0 Nitrite was 0 as well. My water hardness is in the 300 range, the alkalinity is 40 and the pH was 7.2. I believe I’ve properly set it up for my rainbow I have two aquatic plants as well as decor to hide in and around