GSP Sunken Belly
Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2018 10:58 am
Hello All,
About a month ago I purchased a GSP from a local pet store. He is a baby, so I currently have him housed in a 20 gallon with a golden Inca snail, which is significantly bigger than him, and 4 ghost shrimp, which I bought yesterday in an attempt to get him to eat. Tank parameters are as follows: 1.004 salinity( I am gradually increasing salinity as he started in fresh water), Hardness 150 ppm, pH 8, Ammonia 0ppm, nitrite 0 ppm, nitrate about 2 ppm. I have the API freshwater master test kit, which is what I have been using to test the water. I did not cycle the tank beforehand, as I was not aware of what that meant when I bought him. I’ve had him for about a month, and moved him from a 10 to 20 gallon tank throughout that month. His diet consists of bloodworms and, recently, pest snails I got from the local pet store, but recently he looks extremely malnourished and his belly is gray. I know he must be eating some, because he was still fairly active until about a day ago. Now he is more sluggish... I don’t know what to do! I did a 50% water change over the weekend and I think that might have affected him negatively, but I don’t know how to fix my mistake. Additionally, when I started feeding him pest snail a couple of days ago, he swallowed a couple of them whole... could that be affecting his digestive system? Please help!
About a month ago I purchased a GSP from a local pet store. He is a baby, so I currently have him housed in a 20 gallon with a golden Inca snail, which is significantly bigger than him, and 4 ghost shrimp, which I bought yesterday in an attempt to get him to eat. Tank parameters are as follows: 1.004 salinity( I am gradually increasing salinity as he started in fresh water), Hardness 150 ppm, pH 8, Ammonia 0ppm, nitrite 0 ppm, nitrate about 2 ppm. I have the API freshwater master test kit, which is what I have been using to test the water. I did not cycle the tank beforehand, as I was not aware of what that meant when I bought him. I’ve had him for about a month, and moved him from a 10 to 20 gallon tank throughout that month. His diet consists of bloodworms and, recently, pest snails I got from the local pet store, but recently he looks extremely malnourished and his belly is gray. I know he must be eating some, because he was still fairly active until about a day ago. Now he is more sluggish... I don’t know what to do! I did a 50% water change over the weekend and I think that might have affected him negatively, but I don’t know how to fix my mistake. Additionally, when I started feeding him pest snail a couple of days ago, he swallowed a couple of them whole... could that be affecting his digestive system? Please help!