GSP loosing his colour
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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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JustinPSmith
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GSP loosing his colour
Ive been treating my GSP with pimafix for ich for the last week. He seems much better and happy (Still seems to be rubbing a bit). His belly has returned to its usual white, but his black spots and even his green spot are very dull and grey. Ive never seen this before. Any ideas? Is this still just part of the ich?
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JustinPSmith
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Yellowish... Hmm do you have any drift wood in there? That would account for the yellowish tint.
I don't think that would affect the coloration though. Might just be somethin he is going through while he is medicated.
As long as he is active and is eating fine I would monitor it but not be all that worried.
I don't think that would affect the coloration though. Might just be somethin he is going through while he is medicated.
As long as he is active and is eating fine I would monitor it but not be all that worried.
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JustinPSmith
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Hmm... I don't use that myself since my tank is full marine (wood rots extremely quick in marine conditions). However you might want to look into the wood releasing tanins into the water.
I'm not sure if it will just start leeching them into the water out of no where. They are harmless from what I have read regardless, they just make your water look crappy lol.
If it's not the drift wood I'm really not sure why your water would yellow....Hmmm...
I'm not sure if it will just start leeching them into the water out of no where. They are harmless from what I have read regardless, they just make your water look crappy lol.
If it's not the drift wood I'm really not sure why your water would yellow....Hmmm...
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JustinPSmith
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Ok, I figured it might be the meds but Im wondering why his coloring has become so dull?
He is actually now in a quarantine tank because its better for meds and Im changing his main tank into a proper marine set up...Skimmers, Live Rock, ect.
If anyone knows why he would loose his color that would be nice to know???
He is actually now in a quarantine tank because its better for meds and Im changing his main tank into a proper marine set up...Skimmers, Live Rock, ect.
If anyone knows why he would loose his color that would be nice to know???
Oh you moved him hmmm..
Did he loose color after the move? Might be he is just sulking. Mine does that all the time after I move the tank decoration around.
I have noticied that the easiest way to tell their mood is in my Puff's coloring IMO.
Did he loose color after the move? Might be he is just sulking. Mine does that all the time after I move the tank decoration around.
I have noticied that the easiest way to tell their mood is in my Puff's coloring IMO.
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Penguin HOB, Tahitian Moon Sand, Lace Rock, Salinity 1.023.
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Penguin HOB, Tahitian Moon Sand, Lace Rock, Salinity 1.023.
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JustinPSmith
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Well this happened before I moved him. And its not the usual color change like when hes stressed or lonely or hungry. Its different. Ive had him for 3 years, almost 4, so I know his spots well and they have definetley began fading fast. His belly is still bright white and eyes look good, but spots look so dull...And Green spot which was bright green is now brownish green.
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JustinPSmith
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