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Help my poor gilbert please :(

sarahgraham1990

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Hey i have a slight problem,

during the last couple of weeks my axie gilbert has been loosing his fluffy gills and now they are thin and stumpy.
he has now started floating and is refusing to eat. His body is extremely stiff and he is clearly not well. I have sand as my substrate so i'm doubting he has impaction.

if any one has ideas of what is wrong with him please help me?
in the mean time i will send him to the fridge :(
 
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Fridging sounds like the best approach. I would recommend checking water parameters, looking closely at water temperature, and considering his diet.
 
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thanks so much for your help,

unfortunately Gilbert died, not sure what was wrong with him, he looked completely normal except his stumpy gills :(

all water parameters were fine, the temp was 20 degrees and he was feed a combination of blood worms, earthworms and occasionally blackworms.
 
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