Meeky1982
Aquarium Advice Newbie
Hi all,
Looking for some help with an albino rainbow shark I acquired a few days ago.
I got him from someone who had him in a dirty tank, with no heat or light. They had fed him algae wafers daily and looked like a massive build up of this in the tank.
He was fine when I got him, looked slightly bloated but just thought he may have been over fed.
Within a day of having him he firstly started floating sideways at the top of the tank and then Swimming to the bottom and floating back up again, he had got more bloated at this point, so I thought maybe he had swim bladder.
Then he seemed to right himself a bit, and started sitting at the bottom of the tank but facing upwards towards the tank (my partner described it as being in portrait mode ?)
Then the next day he started to get red marks appearing but only around his tail end, almost like bruising, it started on his underneath and has now spread in a circle around his bottom fin. Also his scales have raised and lifted but only on this section also.
When the red marks/bruises started to appear he pooped white.
I have him now in a 30L biorb until I can get something more suitable (if he survives) he was previously in a 45L rectangular tank and was on his own.
Tank parameters in the biorb are all showing ok, just slightly high on nitrates (I only have a dip test kit to check this)
The temperature is 78F
He is the only fish in the tank.
I’ve added pictures, hope someone can help. Thanks ?
Looking for some help with an albino rainbow shark I acquired a few days ago.
I got him from someone who had him in a dirty tank, with no heat or light. They had fed him algae wafers daily and looked like a massive build up of this in the tank.
He was fine when I got him, looked slightly bloated but just thought he may have been over fed.
Within a day of having him he firstly started floating sideways at the top of the tank and then Swimming to the bottom and floating back up again, he had got more bloated at this point, so I thought maybe he had swim bladder.
Then he seemed to right himself a bit, and started sitting at the bottom of the tank but facing upwards towards the tank (my partner described it as being in portrait mode ?)
Then the next day he started to get red marks appearing but only around his tail end, almost like bruising, it started on his underneath and has now spread in a circle around his bottom fin. Also his scales have raised and lifted but only on this section also.
When the red marks/bruises started to appear he pooped white.
I have him now in a 30L biorb until I can get something more suitable (if he survives) he was previously in a 45L rectangular tank and was on his own.
Tank parameters in the biorb are all showing ok, just slightly high on nitrates (I only have a dip test kit to check this)
The temperature is 78F
He is the only fish in the tank.
I’ve added pictures, hope someone can help. Thanks ?