I did a massive water change yesterday and have been soaking his food in meds, he's A LOT more active now. His belly gets white for a long time then gets partly gray. Is there anything I could do to get him greener? Also what exactly does it mean when he's that color? I'm looking into and saving for a larger tank, the test kits I'm buying tomorrow.
Scorpio: Yes, when his belly gets partly gray there's a few dark spots along the edge of his tummy.
GSP sick..dying?
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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.
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 sick..dying?
Any suggestions?
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Re: GSP sick..dying?
How about tank decor. Are there plenty of places to hide in the tank? The color could be a lot of things. Could be bad water conditions. Could be stress caused by no place to hide for other fish or people who come in room, if he is already stressed. Could be other things also.
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Re: GSP sick..dying?
Generally, if a fish perks up from a WC, the parameters were off.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
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ilygoseeashrink
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Re: GSP sick..dying?
Rechecked the parameters today since I got the test kits.
Ammonia:0
Nitrite:0
Nitrate: <20
That's seems good, right?
I'm still treating Berny for IPs, haven't seen any improvements yet. Today would be day three of feeding him soaked food, first day I did the whole tank cause that's what the package said. My bad. I put Melafix in the tank to help with his back fin, we'll see what happens. Oh! I bought him a new hiding spot and I kind of handcrafted my own. I dug out some rock underneath my fake coral bubble, it's pretty wicked I think, Berny seems to like it.
Ammonia:0
Nitrite:0
Nitrate: <20
That's seems good, right?
I'm still treating Berny for IPs, haven't seen any improvements yet. Today would be day three of feeding him soaked food, first day I did the whole tank cause that's what the package said. My bad. I put Melafix in the tank to help with his back fin, we'll see what happens. Oh! I bought him a new hiding spot and I kind of handcrafted my own. I dug out some rock underneath my fake coral bubble, it's pretty wicked I think, Berny seems to like it.
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ilygoseeashrink
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Re: GSP sick..dying?
I just noticed that my molly is pregnant, I'm not sure when it happened probably in the last few days. Any tips for caring for baby mollies?
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greenspottedlover
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Re: GSP sick..dying?
As far as caring for them I suggest a separate tank for babies. Could be as small as a few gallons as long as the filtration is good. I do suggest the biggest tank available though because the babies will grow larger. You can feed them tiny live food or very finely crushed flake food.
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ilygoseeashrink
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Re: GSP sick..dying?
Thanks greenspottedlover and everyone else whos helped me. THe Jungle Parasite doesn't seem to be doing anything for Berny's IPs, any other suggestions for soaking his food and the tank?
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Re: GSP sick..dying?
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"