8ppm of ammonia , how did it even survive that.............
What is with this fish?
Maybe someone can shed some light on this for me.
I have this crowntail (see avatar). He came from walmart in december and was literally half dead from ammonia poisioning and god only knows what else. About a week after I got him, I moved from Alaska to NY. Somehow, being in a cup for 10 days fixed his back or swim bladder..I don't know what, exactly the issue was. He could barely swim when I left and when I got to NY he was no longer having swimming issues.
He seems fine, no visible signs of anything but every now and then his color fades...and I do mean fades, his fins turn almost white. Not all of them, just the ones closest to his body, which also looses color.
I though maybe internal parasites so I treated him for that. I added in the fizz tab and with in a few hours his color was back. I do a water change. The color fades. I added in Epsom, color returns. I do another water change..color is gone again. I added in epsom, color returns in a few hours.
It's a 5 gallon marineland hex but its just the tank. The filter and hood got busted in the move. Water temp is 78, heated, no filter. I do gravel siponing 1X a week. 100% WC, well maybe more like 90%.
I used ES because it can be used longer then AQ salt.
what's his issue? He looks like this but that red area fades to white and hos body fades as well...
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Back in december after a week:
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Even in these older pics he has more color then when it fades now
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The night I brought him home and he still has more color then during his fading episodes
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I have this crowntail (see avatar). He came from walmart in december and was literally half dead from ammonia poisioning and god only knows what else. About a week after I got him, I moved from Alaska to NY. Somehow, being in a cup for 10 days fixed his back or swim bladder..I don't know what, exactly the issue was. He could barely swim when I left and when I got to NY he was no longer having swimming issues.
He seems fine, no visible signs of anything but every now and then his color fades...and I do mean fades, his fins turn almost white. Not all of them, just the ones closest to his body, which also looses color.
I though maybe internal parasites so I treated him for that. I added in the fizz tab and with in a few hours his color was back. I do a water change. The color fades. I added in Epsom, color returns. I do another water change..color is gone again. I added in epsom, color returns in a few hours.
It's a 5 gallon marineland hex but its just the tank. The filter and hood got busted in the move. Water temp is 78, heated, no filter. I do gravel siponing 1X a week. 100% WC, well maybe more like 90%.
I used ES because it can be used longer then AQ salt.
what's his issue? He looks like this but that red area fades to white and hos body fades as well...
Back in december after a week:
Even in these older pics he has more color then when it fades now
The night I brought him home and he still has more color then during his fading episodes
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