1) Water parameters - Ammonia-0, Nitrites -0, Nitrates >5.
2) Tank size and a list of ALL inhabitants- 1 GSP, occasional snail.
3) Feeding, water change schedule and a list of all products you are using or have added to the tank- Water changes are 50% weekly with water conditioner. No other chemicals.
4) What changes you've made in the tank in the last week or so - No changes, just the occasional snail and I've recently introduced him to frozen brine shrimp.
5) How long the aquarium has been set up, and how did you cycle it? It's been cycled and running for about 4 months now.
So on to my issue. Momo (my GSP) has been appearing differently after eating than usual. He normally is a bit lumpy after eating because of the fod in his stomach and then it goes down a few hours later. For about the past week the "lumps" have not gone away after eating and I'm wondering what this could be? I don't see how any IPs would have gotten in. Everything has been consistent except for my recent introduction of brine shrimp to Momo's diet. I'll try to get a picture, but he's quite rediculously camera shy.
Thanks in advance for any help.
GSP staying "lumpy" hours/days after eating
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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.
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.
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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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Re: GSP staying "lumpy" hours/days after eating
do you have a picture, that would help..
Food lumps can appear different than IP lumps. I have seen one that looked like he had popcorn is his belly..
Also, what are you feeding in addition to brine shrimp and snail..and where do you get the snails from.
Food lumps can appear different than IP lumps. I have seen one that looked like he had popcorn is his belly..
Also, what are you feeding in addition to brine shrimp and snail..and where do you get the snails from.
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Re: GSP staying "lumpy" hours/days after eating
Like I said, I'll try to get a picture but he doesn't sit still long enough. He normally eats frozen bloodworms. The snails are from my snail breeder tank.
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Re: GSP staying "lumpy" hours/days after eating
is he eating the shells? maybe he is not digesting it and unable to pass it?
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