aeri
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After moving my axos to their new tank about 2 months ago, my axos have not been as active (with the exception of 1 wild type). After a few weeks, my leucistic ones started to eat less and less, and I'm starting to worry as one of them is getting noticeably skinnier and its gills are getting a smaller and pinker.
Any suggestions/ideas what it could be? Stress from moving into a new environment even though it's been 2 months? My water params are normal, there is little to no water flow as I'm only using sponge filters, and the temperature is between 17C-19C. I see no signs of fungus, aggression, or any physical defects.
Eating-wise they would go for it when I first drop it in, but it's only one bite and they stop. They're always in hiding too, barely moving, with the exception of my wild one which is often walking/swimming around and eating normally.
Another thing that I've noticed is that one of the leucistics has started to develop a darker patch around its head where the gills are attached to (temple area). They're symmetrical on both sides but it was never there before. Is this something I should worry about?
I've attached 2 pics.
1 - a comparison between the healthy wild type, and the skinny leucistic (used to be just as fat as the wild)
2 - the right axo is the one developing the darker patches, the left axo is pretty much what it used to look like. the patch is not as dark in pictures.
Any suggestions/ideas what it could be? Stress from moving into a new environment even though it's been 2 months? My water params are normal, there is little to no water flow as I'm only using sponge filters, and the temperature is between 17C-19C. I see no signs of fungus, aggression, or any physical defects.
Eating-wise they would go for it when I first drop it in, but it's only one bite and they stop. They're always in hiding too, barely moving, with the exception of my wild one which is often walking/swimming around and eating normally.
Another thing that I've noticed is that one of the leucistics has started to develop a darker patch around its head where the gills are attached to (temple area). They're symmetrical on both sides but it was never there before. Is this something I should worry about?
I've attached 2 pics.
1 - a comparison between the healthy wild type, and the skinny leucistic (used to be just as fat as the wild)
2 - the right axo is the one developing the darker patches, the left axo is pretty much what it used to look like. the patch is not as dark in pictures.