Hi all, looking for a bit of advice here.
I have a 180 litre tank, lightly planted with elodea, a bit of ocean rock in there too.
Tank was cycled with liquid ammonia for 2 months before adding fish.
Ammonia = 0, nitrite = 0, nitrate = 20-30 (actually lower than the 40ppm from the tap)
PH 8.2, moderately hard water.
Current stocking is 1 x featherfin syno, 1 x aulonocara (I'm guessing either stuartgranti maleri or hybrid, not sure yet, but that's a different topic) and 6 giant Danio.
The Danio were introduced last, about a month ago, I noticed when I got them home that one of the smaller ones had a problem with his hills, on both sides the Gill flap appears to be bent forward and the red inner gills are showing.
At first I though Gill flukes or some other Gill parasite, put the lil guy into my 40l quarantine tank, he has been in there since I got him, so about a month now, he has show no signs of anything untoward, no flashing, no strange behaviour, no heavy breathing, is eating fine... The gills have not got any better or any worse over the month.
I have started to think that either what he had has gone and this is residual damage, or the gills were damaged in some other way, I have began a 7 day treatment of melafix and primafix to see if I can encourage some healing, on day 3 now and still no difference either way.
Just wondering if anyone could shed any light for me? He looks lonely in the hospital tank while his 5 buddies are chilling in the big one
Thanks in advance.
Carl.
I have a 180 litre tank, lightly planted with elodea, a bit of ocean rock in there too.
Tank was cycled with liquid ammonia for 2 months before adding fish.
Ammonia = 0, nitrite = 0, nitrate = 20-30 (actually lower than the 40ppm from the tap)
PH 8.2, moderately hard water.
Current stocking is 1 x featherfin syno, 1 x aulonocara (I'm guessing either stuartgranti maleri or hybrid, not sure yet, but that's a different topic) and 6 giant Danio.
The Danio were introduced last, about a month ago, I noticed when I got them home that one of the smaller ones had a problem with his hills, on both sides the Gill flap appears to be bent forward and the red inner gills are showing.
At first I though Gill flukes or some other Gill parasite, put the lil guy into my 40l quarantine tank, he has been in there since I got him, so about a month now, he has show no signs of anything untoward, no flashing, no strange behaviour, no heavy breathing, is eating fine... The gills have not got any better or any worse over the month.
I have started to think that either what he had has gone and this is residual damage, or the gills were damaged in some other way, I have began a 7 day treatment of melafix and primafix to see if I can encourage some healing, on day 3 now and still no difference either way.
Just wondering if anyone could shed any light for me? He looks lonely in the hospital tank while his 5 buddies are chilling in the big one
Thanks in advance.
Carl.
