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Aro77 29-11-2017 12:41 PM

gill curl
 
Hi, i have this big red which is about 33 - 34 inches in size, he is currently in a comm of snow gars, he eats full body kunning ( never cut with bone etc ) and is still eating well and greedily. On Saturday i noticed him breathing harder than usual by opening and closing mouth, today i have noticed the soft gill curling on one side, along with swimming very slightly slanted and will go back straight after awhile. as well as going near the water surface occationally looking hungry which he does do quite often but in this case his top body would slightly go above the water surface before he would swim back down and do his usual stuff. is it possible he might have some air stuck? i am starting to do 25% water changes every 2 days as well as clean the filter to help improve the water. PH and ammonia is fine at around 7.2 and 0 respectively but i do suspect a super high nitrate level as i do not change water often for this tank as the bioload is considerably low, however i do top up about 3L of water everyday for the filter compartment


i will try to upload a clip soon

llewellyn 29-11-2017 04:16 PM

Have you done a water perimeter test yet?

Aro77 29-11-2017 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by llewellyn (Post 10004534)
Have you done a water perimeter test yet?

Yes. Only for PH & Ammonia.

llewellyn 30-11-2017 01:15 PM

Had a similar situation. Did alot of constant wc and scrubbing. Went away. But would be safer to isolate the fish until there's improvements.

blackghost 30-11-2017 04:45 PM

i have seen some people suggestion adding more water pump/power head to create more flow or currents for the aro to swim against

Aro77 01-12-2017 09:18 PM

Thank you, i am doing 30% water change every other day now. :)

Aro77 06-12-2017 01:31 PM

just an update, the soft gill has significant improvement and is around 80% back to normal. Thank you everyone. i guess since the issue was caught in the early stages, it was easier to rectify and treat :)

Squid 07-12-2017 12:09 AM

good thing you caught it early bro :)
maybe you can add 2 powerheads on both ends of the tank,
was able to correct gill curl without operation before by doing that plus heater salt and water changes.

streetsmart73 07-12-2017 02:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aro77 (Post 10004927)
just an update, the soft gill has significant improvement and is around 80% back to normal. Thank you everyone. i guess since the issue was caught in the early stages, it was easier to rectify and treat :)

:D well done bro.

Keep up with the good water parameters in its tank.

Aro77 07-12-2017 04:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Squid (Post 10004955)
good thing you caught it early bro :)
maybe you can add 2 powerheads on both ends of the tank,
was able to correct gill curl without operation before by doing that plus heater salt and water changes.

Thanks bro, i had one case in the past where even the hard gill start to curl and that is when i knew, had to quickly operate, i performed the operation my-self at home, it was successful however i feel that i should not have done anything but work on the water parameters after seeing the good results now (; i did not add any salt, or heater but just change water every 2 days, as well as give my filter a clean and dose new BB, water parameters were good, i only suspect high nitrate

Quote:

Originally Posted by streetsmart73 (Post 10005035)
:D well done bro.

Keep up with the good water parameters in its tank.

Thanks bro :)


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