Hello,
Long time ago since I last put a post up on this forum, but I kept reading
I have my two axies, Ningyo and Pachua for 2 years now. Everything went fine up until now. Ningyo is doing excellent, but Pachua (wildtype) shows some problems.
Some background info:
Pachua, wildtype, age +- 2 years, male
We recently moved house (about three weeks ago) and we decided to give them a tank upgrade as well. They moved from a 80 liter tank to a 180 liter tank, a brand new one.
So we set it up from scratch. We used some of the filter media of the old tank, as well as some of the water. Because of moving house, it wasn't possible for the new tank to cycle for a few weeks without the axies, but we did regular water changes of about 30% . Water parameters are fine. Tank temperature is about 21°C. Cooler would be better but it has always been this way. Substrate is river sand. It's new sand but we rinsed it very very very good (my nails are still growing back ).
Food are earthworms, but since yesterday we try to get them on Hikari massivore delite as well.
Pachua didn't like the moving part. Before he was a very *in your face* lotl but that wasn't him anymore after moving. We thought he needed a little more time than his girl Ningyo to adjust to his new situation. He is very quiet nowadays and hiding most of the time unless you wave food in front of him. He still has a good appetite and eats once every three days. But before, he would be begging at the window at every movement he saw... he doesn't do that anymore. He is a little skinnier than before, but not too much. His body still has about the same width as his head, a little less maybe.
What worries me the most is the white thing I discovered in his gills. First I thought it must be fungus but I'm not very sure. It's like buried between the "feathers" of his gills, so I can't have a very good look at it. But what I can see doesn't look cottony. It looks more like something with a harder texture. But I could be wrong about that, because it's so hard to look at!
I tried to take the best pictures I can, I hope I get lots of response because I'm really very very worried and I don't want to do something wrong! I LOVE him sooooooooooo much and I don't want to loose him
Long time ago since I last put a post up on this forum, but I kept reading
I have my two axies, Ningyo and Pachua for 2 years now. Everything went fine up until now. Ningyo is doing excellent, but Pachua (wildtype) shows some problems.
Some background info:
Pachua, wildtype, age +- 2 years, male
We recently moved house (about three weeks ago) and we decided to give them a tank upgrade as well. They moved from a 80 liter tank to a 180 liter tank, a brand new one.
So we set it up from scratch. We used some of the filter media of the old tank, as well as some of the water. Because of moving house, it wasn't possible for the new tank to cycle for a few weeks without the axies, but we did regular water changes of about 30% . Water parameters are fine. Tank temperature is about 21°C. Cooler would be better but it has always been this way. Substrate is river sand. It's new sand but we rinsed it very very very good (my nails are still growing back
).Food are earthworms, but since yesterday we try to get them on Hikari massivore delite as well.
Pachua didn't like the moving part. Before he was a very *in your face* lotl but that wasn't him anymore after moving. We thought he needed a little more time than his girl Ningyo to adjust to his new situation. He is very quiet nowadays and hiding most of the time unless you wave food in front of him. He still has a good appetite and eats once every three days. But before, he would be begging at the window at every movement he saw... he doesn't do that anymore. He is a little skinnier than before, but not too much. His body still has about the same width as his head, a little less maybe.
What worries me the most is the white thing I discovered in his gills. First I thought it must be fungus but I'm not very sure. It's like buried between the "feathers" of his gills, so I can't have a very good look at it. But what I can see doesn't look cottony. It looks more like something with a harder texture. But I could be wrong about that, because it's so hard to look at!
I tried to take the best pictures I can, I hope I get lots of response because I'm really very very worried and I don't want to do something wrong! I LOVE him sooooooooooo much and I don't want to loose him
