skinny gsp?
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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: skinny gsp?
OK, it's been a while... update pic?
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
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Re: skinny gsp?
sorry for not replying.
the little guy didnt make it through that day.
i have a new one now though, from a different pet store. they've had him for a while and this one seems to be losing weight? i have it in another thread, and i was suggested i try meatier foods such as shrimp and prawn from the grocery store. this gsp is a little larger than my other one, so im really hoping he just needs a meatier diet and it isnt something more serious.
also, if its not that he needs heftier foods, is it posible my snails could be carrying parasites?
the little guy didnt make it through that day.
i have a new one now though, from a different pet store. they've had him for a while and this one seems to be losing weight? i have it in another thread, and i was suggested i try meatier foods such as shrimp and prawn from the grocery store. this gsp is a little larger than my other one, so im really hoping he just needs a meatier diet and it isnt something more serious.
also, if its not that he needs heftier foods, is it posible my snails could be carrying parasites?
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Re: skinny gsp?
I would think any live foods can carry parasites. This is why so many people QT their snails and other live food before feeding if it can't be frozen to get rid of the nasty things on it. Have you been feeding it just snails? You should try to give him a variety of different foods. Also getting skinny (tummy sunken in) could very well be IPs. If it is infact IPs you will notice shortly after eating his tummy goes back to sunken in. A Puffer without IPs has the round tummy for a while. They are easy to treat tho, Jungle Fizz Tabs people have had a lot of success with. I have used PraziPro with success myself.poopybarkflounder wrote:sorry for not replying.
the little guy didnt make it through that day.
i have a new one now though, from a different pet store. they've had him for a while and this one seems to be losing weight? i have it in another thread, and i was suggested i try meatier foods such as shrimp and prawn from the grocery store. this gsp is a little larger than my other one, so im really hoping he just needs a meatier diet and it isnt something more serious.
also, if its not that he needs heftier foods, is it posible my snails could be carrying parasites?
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poopybarkflounder
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Re: skinny gsp?
i was feeing that one frozen blood worms andbrine shrimp along with snails. my new fish is holding his food belly and i thin kis slowly gaining weight, so i think he's good but could i put the jungle fizz tablets in my snail tank? just to be sure? or would that not work?