I have a Little GSP which I moved to a 10 g about 2 weeks ago. Lately I noticed his belly has been light gray. His appetite is great and buzzes around his tank normally.
My Specs are
SG 1.008
pH 8.4
Nitrates 0
Nitrites 0
Amon 25... this is after a 40% water change
and temp 78
Do you have any ideas on what I should do? Should I do another change again tonight? should I add Prime?
PLease help...... I really love this lil guy and dont want anything to happen to him.....
Thanx Cindy
I need help with my Little GSP Hooty
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1) Your water parameters - pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrates and salinity (if appropriate). This is by far the most important information you can provide! Do not answer this with "Fine" "Perfect" "ok", that tells us nothing. We need hard numbers.
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One of the easiest and best ways to help your fish feel better is clean water! If you are already on a regular water change schedule (50% weekly is recommended) a good step to making your fish more comfortable while waiting for diagnosis/suggestions is to do a large water change immediately. Feel free to repeat daily or as often as you can, clean water is always a good thing! Use of Amquel or Prime as a dechlor may help with any ammonia or nitrite issues, and is highly recommended.
Note - if you do not normally do large water changes, doing a sudden, large water change could shock your fish by suddenly changing their established water chemistry. Clean water is still your first goal, so in this case, do several smaller (10%) water changes over the next day or two before starting any large ones.
Read this before posting!!
Since this board has been up, we have found there are several questions that routinely get asked in order to help diagnose problems. If you can have that information to begin with in your post, we'll be able to help right away (if we can!) without having to wait for you to post the info we need.
1) Your water parameters - pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrates and salinity (if appropriate). This is by far the most important information you can provide! Do not answer this with "Fine" "Perfect" "ok", that tells us nothing. We need hard numbers.
2) Tank size and a list of ALL inhabitants. Include algae eaters, plecos, everything. We need to know what you have and how big the tank is.
3) Feeding, water change schedule and a list of all products you are using or have added to the tank (examples: Cycle, Amquel, salt, etc)
4) What changes you've made in the tank in the last week or so. Sometimes its the little things that make all the difference.
5) How long the aquarium has been set up, and how did you cycle it? If you don't know what cycling is read this: Fishless Cycling Article and familiarize yourself with all the information. Yes. All of it.
We want to help, and providing this information will go a LONG way to getting a diagnosis and hopeful cure that much faster.
While you wait for assistance:
One of the easiest and best ways to help your fish feel better is clean water! If you are already on a regular water change schedule (50% weekly is recommended) a good step to making your fish more comfortable while waiting for diagnosis/suggestions is to do a large water change immediately. Feel free to repeat daily or as often as you can, clean water is always a good thing! Use of Amquel or Prime as a dechlor may help with any ammonia or nitrite issues, and is highly recommended.
Note - if you do not normally do large water changes, doing a sudden, large water change could shock your fish by suddenly changing their established water chemistry. Clean water is still your first goal, so in this case, do several smaller (10%) water changes over the next day or two before starting any large ones.
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The tank was an established tank running for about 6 months. I even used matured filter media and water from his old tank. Thought I was doing everything right.... BTW I can not find biospira anywhere here in Lincoln NE........ Well anyhow I will keep up with the water changes until things stabilize.
Thanx,
Cindy
Thanx,
Cindy
Yeah, check those ammonia levels twice daily and do at least one water change daily. Hooty will need that 30G, though. How long is he?
It might also be an idea to reduce his feeding till those levels are right..either the volume or frequency, as it'll keep the water a bit cleaner for him till you get your good bugs sorted.
Pami.
It might also be an idea to reduce his feeding till those levels are right..either the volume or frequency, as it'll keep the water a bit cleaner for him till you get your good bugs sorted.
Pami.
Hooty is only about an 1 1/2 inches long....Still a little guy.... they are very slow growers. He will be moved up to a bigger tank in the not to distant future. He does not have any tankmates, just the occassional ghost shrimp or snail that survives. Going to check the amm level now and another water change. Should I add just fresh water or should I mix up some salt water?
Thanx,
Cindy
Thanx,
Cindy
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I'd get some B-S as soon as possible. After ammonia comes nitrItes--just as bad. You can have it in a few days if ordered here:
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Unless you are intentionally raising or lowering the SG, you should try to match the current water parameters of your tank as close as possible. Changing the SG at this point more than .002/week will prolong the time required for the tank to cycle properly.cinInk wrote:Going to check the amm level now and another water change. Should I add just fresh water or should I mix up some salt water?