A couple of questions

[philip]

1.what (if anything) is wrong with lino? he had a full head of gills when i got him which have very slowly disappeared (so slowly that until i saw a photo of him as he was when i first got him i thought he had always had so few gills)
here he is when i got him:

(i cant find the camera to get a pic of him now but will post a pic asap)

he now has lost all gill feathers on his left side and most of those on his right he only has one branch left with a decent amount of gills on it

i've put him in the fridge he's been in there for 4 days now and as yet shows no signs of improvement

apart from this he seems fine (no signs of stress etc)
any suggestions would be good????

2.I recently put a substrate mat of riccia into one of my tanks and small amounts began to break away and rise to the surface I saw Jaimenacho eat a piece as it floated past him and now Juan is sat at the top of the tank snapping at riccia at the first sign of movement, he's really developing a taste for it, is it safe for him to eat it?

 

[philip]

Lino's been in the fridge since christmas day now and still is'nt improving. He's starting to thin out a little although it's nothing serious yet. I think it may be time to give up on this idea and move him back into his tank??

Any ideas??

 

[karrie]

What are the stones covered with could be toxic. Oxygen levels could be high in the water causing his gill to shrink thats not a bad thing. When they get could for a long time they don't eat as much or stop eating try letting him worm up for a bit before you try and feed him.

 

[philip]

the stones haven't been in that tank for a couple of months(I now have black sand) I think I'll put him back in his tank tomorrow it's probably the high oxygen thing

Thanks