What's going on?
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 4:02 pm
I'm wondering what's going on with my GSP (1.75"). He's hanging out near the top of the tank, off to one corner, and he's never done this before - in fact, he rarely swims above mid-level. He's also curling his tail, which he's never done before. I've also seen him looking like he's trying to cough something up. His color is good, except for his usual hint of bags under his eyes. His appetite was decent this morning, but he's not ravenous like he was when I first brought him home and hasn't been since right before his IP treatments. His anus looks a little pooched out.
We just finished a series of IP treatments with Jungle Internal Parasite Guard. He did not seem negatively affected at all by the treatments, never really lost color, had some stringy white poos for a couple of days and then went back to normal brown. The day after the second and final treatment, I did a 60% water change. That was the day before yesterday.
Tank is 55 gallon at 1.005, 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites, 5 nitrates, pH 7.8. Water changes of at least 50% each week. Tank has been set up for a long time and has slowly been changed over from fresh to brackish. No tankmates. One large outside filter, and two smaller ones, plus undergravel.
We just finished a series of IP treatments with Jungle Internal Parasite Guard. He did not seem negatively affected at all by the treatments, never really lost color, had some stringy white poos for a couple of days and then went back to normal brown. The day after the second and final treatment, I did a 60% water change. That was the day before yesterday.
Tank is 55 gallon at 1.005, 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites, 5 nitrates, pH 7.8. Water changes of at least 50% each week. Tank has been set up for a long time and has slowly been changed over from fresh to brackish. No tankmates. One large outside filter, and two smaller ones, plus undergravel.
