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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
 
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.
 
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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