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Hi all, when I first bought Axel (Juvenile Leucistic) his gills were very pale, nearly the same colour as his body. I've had him for about 5 days now and his gills are a very vibrant puce. Is this a good sign? My pump doesn't break the surface of the water so I thought maybe he was struggling to get oxygen? He is still fairly timid, and is still pooing out the occasional piece of gravel. I fed him his first prawn last night, I halved it first and he loved it. It took him about 10 minutes to actually swallow it though!

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Ho hum..puce..not sure about that, can't even picture what colour it might be ( put it down to old age!!). A leucistic tends to have shades of pink if thta helps
 
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Their gills will be more bright when they're active or stressed. They're paler when they're sleeping or otherwise inactive. It's normal.
 
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That colour sounds better, I was thinking puce was a greeny yellow colour and that would not have been at all good!!. Sounds like Axel is much happier.
 
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