HELP! My EBJD turning yellow!
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you can kind of see the yellow on top of the fish. The camera cant capture all of the colors but its like that but alot more.
Here is another view. both of these pictures are taken without flash. So it doesnt capture it all.
This one is with flash. you can clearly see the where the yellows are but it's not this extreme. its like in between the flash and nonflash pictures.
Hopefully it's stress related. Try mealworms or different foods to see what interests him for the time being. There is liquid that is sold for finicky eaters. You soak the food in this solution and the smell of it can sometimes convince the non-eater to eat it. I think it has garlic and some other ingredients.
The color of your fish is a more extreme version of my ebjd the first two days I had it. The difference is mine regained it's color quickly.
The color of your fish is a more extreme version of my ebjd the first two days I had it. The difference is mine regained it's color quickly.
i would prefer a lower ph,i like to keep mine at 7.2,and a low nitrate is a must for me,more wc too
Ok, I am saying this from experience. Mine has never gone that colour before but when I first got him he wouldnt eat, hid all the time and had white stringy poo. He was a little pale as well. What I did was, upped the temp to 82-84, added aquarium salt and treated the tank with ESHA Nematol. He got better and better almost straight away and now he is doing really well. If you cannot treat for parasites right away do the temp and add salt. It worked wonders for me. My pH is 6.8-7.0 and the water is soft but I know that normal JDs prefer slightly harder more alkaline water anyway, however mine is doing really well in the opposite.
Let me know how you get on.
Let me know how you get on.
PH swings are dangerous... and when your PH was 8.5~9 and you added a chemical that very quickly dropped it to 7... you put a ton of stress on the fish...
It is very true that Blue Dempseys are prone to parasitic infection until they are sexually mature (aronud 4")... White stringy poo is the sure sign they have internal parasites, although treating for such in advance is nto a bad idea...
PH is not critical for them. I have raised, kept and bred them in Char NC where the PH was in the low 6s... and in Det Mich where it is in the mid 7s... as well as talked to many others who have raised, kept & bred them in PH values across the board...
But a stable PH is essential...
It is very true that Blue Dempseys are prone to parasitic infection until they are sexually mature (aronud 4")... White stringy poo is the sure sign they have internal parasites, although treating for such in advance is nto a bad idea...
PH is not critical for them. I have raised, kept and bred them in Char NC where the PH was in the low 6s... and in Det Mich where it is in the mid 7s... as well as talked to many others who have raised, kept & bred them in PH values across the board...
But a stable PH is essential...
One thing about ph that you have to be aware of is that, the farther you are from neutral, the more drastic the changes. Going from a ph of 9 to a ph of 8 is 100x as extreme as a change from 8 to 7. As the ph moves away from 7 (in either direction) the increase or decrease of ph represents an exponential change in water chemistry. So a ph of 8 has 100x as many hydrogen ions as a ph of 7. ph 9 has 1000x as many. ph 10 has 10,000x as many. ph 11, 100,000 times as many. And so on.
Someone should double check my math, but the basic principle is correct.
Someone should double check my math, but the basic principle is correct.
From experience i know it looks alot like stress but you have to becareful with putting these guys under too much stress, could cause bloat and other infections. Try adding a background and flowers or more decorations to close the area up some more so it feels more secluded and comfertable. Try feeding it some bloodworms so it doesnt feel like it has to come to the top either for food untill the stress level has gone down.
