I have just changed the water 20% and she has started acting very strangely. She is darting about and then going to the top and sticking her head out of the water for 2-10 seconds without opening her mouth for air or anything like that just keeping it stuck out.
Then she returns to the floor and lays down. She is also hiding behind the filter. Her gills have only just started to grow back in the last couple of days as well. I am really worried about her behaviour. It looks like she is trying to suffocate herself without the water or something. Is it the quality of the water change I just made? Should I change it again? I also just fed her two worms about 10-15 minutes ago, the same worms I have been feeding her all week. I had just put in a new bridge to hide behind but took it out again incase it was the issue although I had washed it in boiling water for quite long.
Her tail isn't curled and I can't tell if her gills are forward as they are too small to tell. There seems to be more veins/artilleries on her tail than usual though. Please help! Is this normal?
I haven't bough a water kit yet but I assumed as I'm still doing daily 20% water changes that it should be okay for another couple of days. She is housed by herself so no chance of aggressive mates.
Then she returns to the floor and lays down. She is also hiding behind the filter. Her gills have only just started to grow back in the last couple of days as well. I am really worried about her behaviour. It looks like she is trying to suffocate herself without the water or something. Is it the quality of the water change I just made? Should I change it again? I also just fed her two worms about 10-15 minutes ago, the same worms I have been feeding her all week. I had just put in a new bridge to hide behind but took it out again incase it was the issue although I had washed it in boiling water for quite long.
Her tail isn't curled and I can't tell if her gills are forward as they are too small to tell. There seems to be more veins/artilleries on her tail than usual though. Please help! Is this normal?
I haven't bough a water kit yet but I assumed as I'm still doing daily 20% water changes that it should be okay for another couple of days. She is housed by herself so no chance of aggressive mates.