sunshinesprite
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Hiya, my axo Yoshi is holding his head down and to the left, sometimes on the bottom of the tank, and when he swims it's in spirals or cork-screws, or in circles toward his tail, he can't seem to swim normally.. If he were a person I'd say he had an ear infection.. Also two of his gills on the right side were twisted too, not curled forward, but like someone grabbed each little gill and twisted it, though they looked better just now, less twisted.
I've just moved and my axo's (3 of 'em) spent several days in bowls, and the water got changed every other day (bad of me I know ), and I know the two albino (of which Yoshi is one) axo's are stressed, as Lotus (my female) has her gills curled forward. I saw Yoshi do that spiral swiming in his bowl, so I got them in their tanks asap. The water's new, but conditioned and with a little salt, and it was too warm earlier but I've cooled it down with ice packs and gradually added cold water.
I was going to fridge Yoshi but
1) my fridge is too cold, I can't get the temp above 39F or 3.89C and
2) I thought maybe if it was stress related just leaving them alone back in their tank would be better than messing with him more
On the plus side he is eating, but looks soo miserable.. Please advise!
Oh, and my wild type, in a seperate tank but with the exact same water as the others got is just fine! The only difference is that he was in a larger bowl...
I've just moved and my axo's (3 of 'em) spent several days in bowls, and the water got changed every other day (bad of me I know ), and I know the two albino (of which Yoshi is one) axo's are stressed, as Lotus (my female) has her gills curled forward. I saw Yoshi do that spiral swiming in his bowl, so I got them in their tanks asap. The water's new, but conditioned and with a little salt, and it was too warm earlier but I've cooled it down with ice packs and gradually added cold water.
I was going to fridge Yoshi but
1) my fridge is too cold, I can't get the temp above 39F or 3.89C and
2) I thought maybe if it was stress related just leaving them alone back in their tank would be better than messing with him more
On the plus side he is eating, but looks soo miserable.. Please advise!
Oh, and my wild type, in a seperate tank but with the exact same water as the others got is just fine! The only difference is that he was in a larger bowl...