therealnickster
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Hello. I have a GloFish Tetra whose left side gill looks like is was ripped off. I have had her for about a week and noticed the next day of purchasing her that her left gill looked torn off. Now I am not 100% sure that she maybe came like this but I think I would have noticed if she did. I did some research that same day of noticing her left gill and found that high levels of ammonia cause fish gills to look like that. Since having my tank, my ammonia has never passed 0.5 ppm and if ammonia was ever detected I performed an immediate water change followed with aquarium salt and SeaChem Prime. At that time, I did have a tank decoration that was very rough and hard and has since been removed. So I was wondering if ammonia levels caused this or could the tank decoration have ripped her gill off? In my opinion, the gill really looks like it was ripped off. Since I noticed her left gill, she has been perfectly fine and social. She has never shown any signs of illness. Please let me know what you think this could be. Thank you.
(I would attach a photo, but I do not know how. Help.)
(I would attach a photo, but I do not know how. Help.)