Hey all,
Couple days ago my GSP started turning darker in the stomach area, almost black at times. I did a partial water change then (30%) and bumped the temp back up to 82 from 79.
Since then it has turned a little lighter but still there. Today he also changed his back colour to almost all yellow and had his tail curled right around him. I did another a partial water change 30%, added a few more plants for him to hide in and he seems to be moving around and his back is back to normal colour.
What is the colouring on his belly?
Also, I have tired to feed him freeze dried blood worms, freeze dried blood worm blocks, flakes, shrimp pellets and krill and he only eats the krill.
Is there something wrong or more things I should try?
GSP, Weird Colours/Habits
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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.
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What size tank is it in? What are the water parameters (ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, SG)? Does it have any tankmates? How was the tank cycled?
We need more info before we can help.
We need more info before we can help.
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Tank not cycled. Cycle product useless. Big water change. Get Prime to detox nitrites until cycle completes.
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Well did another 50% water change in the morning after you posted that. within 2 hours his belly was going white again. Now this morning it is almost completely back to white.
Going to do another test and see what the levels are at and maybe another partial water change.
Thanks man
Any ideas about food?
Going to do another test and see what the levels are at and maybe another partial water change.
Thanks man
Any ideas about food?
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Good to hear! As far as food, check out the article on the main page here and that should give you some good ideas.
As far as food, check out the article on the main page here and that should give you some good ideas.Tina
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