Shiverz
Fish Crazy
So for those that have been responding to my threads recently know two things.
1 - My fish Shoto recently tore his fin and some form of "fluff" grew on it, though this has been treated and is no longer an issue, though it's only been recently that his the last water change took place to remove the salt (following Colins Salt bath procedure).
2 - Shoto also got a new air filter approximately 10 days ago, as the internal one I used to use was stopping him from accessing half of the tank due to the current.
Shoto is now acting really odd. Yesterday he was fine, he came up for his night time feed, and was happy to dance around my hand and greet me as usual, this morning my partner fed him, so I can't account for his behaviour as she puts feed in then leaves (though she always put's in the amount stated on the packet). However, I've been on my PC all day working, and his tank is placed in such a way that I can peer round my monitor and look at him, all day I didn't see him, which I found odd as he normally swims around quite a bit.
So I go over and check and he's inside his little "shelter" and his gills were sticking out slightly as if he was struggling to get air, at first I thought he was stuck, so I rinse my hands and dry them and I go to give him some "aid". I pulled the lid up and Shoto came to say hi showing that he wasn't stuck, and that he was "fine", however, when I put the lid back down he darted away from the light into his little "shelter", I also noticed his colours seemed dull, he has more of a grey tinge to him rather than his brilliant white and red. I turned his light off, thinking it was affecting him, and I busted out the API master test kit. His Ammonia came back so close to 0 I could barely tell the difference in colour, his nitrite was 0ppm and his nitrate was at around 10. Nevertheless I know my fish and I know his behaviour was odd so I thought I'd clear out some water and do a small water change.
When it came to the water change, Shoto did not come out during the gravel clean/siphoning. This, was really bizarre, he never ever leaves me alone whilst performing a WC, I'm always having to check where he is because the amount of times I've nearly hit him is unreal. Seeing him laying under his shelter made me realise something isn't right. As I was adding in water, I'll admit I was a bit preoccupied and the water was a little warmer than usual, as I poured it in Shoto came out and seemed to favour the warmer water, lay down under the small torrent and then swam away when it was finished back to his shelter. As he did so, he seemed to "scrape" himself against the floor, I tried looking at him but I can only really get a good look at one side. I have noticed a scale his missing however it seems to already be healed (or close to it).
I also noticed when doing the WC, his little pellets were bobbing along the side of the water, he hadn't eaten anything this morning, all these signs say to me Shoto is ill, naturally I'm flapping about because I think he's really ill. Other then what I've witnessed I can't give any more information, his mannerism is all off and tells me he's very sick, but to physically look at him, he seems fine (except from the healing scale).
I took a picture before starting this thread, he was laying on his side.
To clarify steps I've taken -
I noticed the temperature was around 22, I bumped that up 2 degrees (Celsius).
I turned his light off as he seemed to be shying away from it and seeking shelter.
Performed a 50% water change with tap safe water.
I've included a picture and a video of his "breathing", I just saw him swim up to the top of the tank to get some air, now he's returned to his bed and is again laying on his side.
If anyone can help, I'd be super appreciative. He's my little buddy.
1 - My fish Shoto recently tore his fin and some form of "fluff" grew on it, though this has been treated and is no longer an issue, though it's only been recently that his the last water change took place to remove the salt (following Colins Salt bath procedure).
2 - Shoto also got a new air filter approximately 10 days ago, as the internal one I used to use was stopping him from accessing half of the tank due to the current.
Shoto is now acting really odd. Yesterday he was fine, he came up for his night time feed, and was happy to dance around my hand and greet me as usual, this morning my partner fed him, so I can't account for his behaviour as she puts feed in then leaves (though she always put's in the amount stated on the packet). However, I've been on my PC all day working, and his tank is placed in such a way that I can peer round my monitor and look at him, all day I didn't see him, which I found odd as he normally swims around quite a bit.
So I go over and check and he's inside his little "shelter" and his gills were sticking out slightly as if he was struggling to get air, at first I thought he was stuck, so I rinse my hands and dry them and I go to give him some "aid". I pulled the lid up and Shoto came to say hi showing that he wasn't stuck, and that he was "fine", however, when I put the lid back down he darted away from the light into his little "shelter", I also noticed his colours seemed dull, he has more of a grey tinge to him rather than his brilliant white and red. I turned his light off, thinking it was affecting him, and I busted out the API master test kit. His Ammonia came back so close to 0 I could barely tell the difference in colour, his nitrite was 0ppm and his nitrate was at around 10. Nevertheless I know my fish and I know his behaviour was odd so I thought I'd clear out some water and do a small water change.
When it came to the water change, Shoto did not come out during the gravel clean/siphoning. This, was really bizarre, he never ever leaves me alone whilst performing a WC, I'm always having to check where he is because the amount of times I've nearly hit him is unreal. Seeing him laying under his shelter made me realise something isn't right. As I was adding in water, I'll admit I was a bit preoccupied and the water was a little warmer than usual, as I poured it in Shoto came out and seemed to favour the warmer water, lay down under the small torrent and then swam away when it was finished back to his shelter. As he did so, he seemed to "scrape" himself against the floor, I tried looking at him but I can only really get a good look at one side. I have noticed a scale his missing however it seems to already be healed (or close to it).
I also noticed when doing the WC, his little pellets were bobbing along the side of the water, he hadn't eaten anything this morning, all these signs say to me Shoto is ill, naturally I'm flapping about because I think he's really ill. Other then what I've witnessed I can't give any more information, his mannerism is all off and tells me he's very sick, but to physically look at him, he seems fine (except from the healing scale).
I took a picture before starting this thread, he was laying on his side.
To clarify steps I've taken -
I noticed the temperature was around 22, I bumped that up 2 degrees (Celsius).
I turned his light off as he seemed to be shying away from it and seeking shelter.
Performed a 50% water change with tap safe water.
I've included a picture and a video of his "breathing", I just saw him swim up to the top of the tank to get some air, now he's returned to his bed and is again laying on his side.
If anyone can help, I'd be super appreciative. He's my little buddy.
