LiliTi
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Hey there!
I've got a very young Leucistic Axi at home. She's only an inch long or so and from what I was told on here, that would make her about a month or so old. For the past couple of days it seems like she is having a hard time staying at the bottom of her tank. Her bottom will start to float up to the top randomly and it seems like she is spending a lot of energy going up and down but never settling at the bottom like she was when we first got her over a week ago.
Her water parameters are Nitrites 0, Nitrates 0, Ammonia 0, PH is sitting between 8.0 - 8.2 (that needs to come down, doesn't it?) and I have a floating log that sits under her filter to help disperse the flow. I have been switching her filter off for extended periods just to give her some relief from the current. It isn't too bad but she is just so small I was worried her floating had to do with the current but even off, she is still having issues.
Her diet right now has mainly been frozen bloodworms and last night I gave her one small piece of a freeze-dried gammarus shrimp just to see if she liked it for future treats. Should I start getting nightcrawlers and chopping them up for her? I've read that that is the most nutritious food for her and that sometimes freeze-dried or frozen can contribute to gas which can make them float. She is eating well and has a bare bottom tank right now so no gravel scare or issues with sand. Maybe I'm just paranoid and she is totally fine. Any advice?
I've got a very young Leucistic Axi at home. She's only an inch long or so and from what I was told on here, that would make her about a month or so old. For the past couple of days it seems like she is having a hard time staying at the bottom of her tank. Her bottom will start to float up to the top randomly and it seems like she is spending a lot of energy going up and down but never settling at the bottom like she was when we first got her over a week ago.
Her water parameters are Nitrites 0, Nitrates 0, Ammonia 0, PH is sitting between 8.0 - 8.2 (that needs to come down, doesn't it?) and I have a floating log that sits under her filter to help disperse the flow. I have been switching her filter off for extended periods just to give her some relief from the current. It isn't too bad but she is just so small I was worried her floating had to do with the current but even off, she is still having issues.
Her diet right now has mainly been frozen bloodworms and last night I gave her one small piece of a freeze-dried gammarus shrimp just to see if she liked it for future treats. Should I start getting nightcrawlers and chopping them up for her? I've read that that is the most nutritious food for her and that sometimes freeze-dried or frozen can contribute to gas which can make them float. She is eating well and has a bare bottom tank right now so no gravel scare or issues with sand. Maybe I'm just paranoid and she is totally fine. Any advice?