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kaysie
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One of my wildtypes (the larger one) has a funky looking scraggly gill thing. At first I couldn't find her, but she was hiding under a pot. I went to poke her so she'd come out for food and she didnt move. I reached in and dragged her out (she still didnt move) but then she kind of 'woke up'. She swam around, and ate when I stuck the worm in front of her. But I noticed it looked like something was stuck to her gills. So I went to wipe it off, but it was attached. So I pulled her up to the top of the tank and saw that it was the end of her gill stalk. From the looks of it, the best I can tell is someone bit it (they nip at each other a lot) and its starting to fall off. I've attached a drawing (dont laugh!) as my camera does really bad close-ups. I immediately tested the water and nitrites were a bit high, but still within the 'limits'. ammonia was fine. I did a 20% water change. There are no signs of fungus or any other damage. It may be purely coincidence, but Blue is having some rear-end floating issues today too, although nothing too severe.