senegal bichir has red fins?

[Bichir24795]

HELLO CAN SOMEONE HELP PLEASE? It’s really urgent and I need help, my bichir has reddish colour I don’t know what in his gills, he hasn’t been eating, floats at the surface for a period of time and goes to the bottom, I’ve been feeding brine shrimp btw, and today after I changed its tank, it looked like it got so sick... SOMEONE PLESE HELP PLEASE

 

[Bichir24795]

HELLO CAN SOMEONE HELP PLEASE? It’s really urgent and I need help, my bichir has reddish colour I don’t know what in his gills, he hasn’t been eating, floats at the surface for a period of time and goes to the bottom, I’ve been feeding brine shrimp btw, and today after I changed its tank, it looked like it got so sick... SOMEONE PLESE HELP PLEASE

 

[Bichir24795]

KEEP your OLD media! it has hopefully been cycled and has the bacteria needed to maintain your tank. if you put new in you will have to recycle that tank and that will cause bigger problems.

B BichirKing i really need your help
HELLO CAN SOMEONE HELP PLEASE? It’s really urgent and I need help, my bichir has reddish colour I don’t know what in his gills, he hasn’t been eating, floats at the surface for a period of time and goes to the bottom, I’ve been feeding brine shrimp btw, and today after I changed its tank, it looked like it got so sick... SOMEONE PLESE HELP PLEASE

 

[BichirKing]

B Bichir24795 first I'd suggest this being its own post and not buried in someone else's so more people will see it, maybe put in the disease and health section. just quickly looking it looks like the gill flap is missing or injured thus showing the gills themselves which are red. young Bichirs hang up near the surface more than larger ones. what his tank mates? do you have a water test kit?

 

[kno4te]

Post a thread of ur own. Take some close up pics of the red area. Post ur water parameters including info on tank and tankmates. You’ll get some help B Bichir24795 .

 

[Bichir24795]

B Bichir24795 first I'd suggest this being its own post and not buried in someone else's so more people will see it, maybe put in the disease and health section. just quickly looking it looks like the gill flap is missing or injured thus showing the gills themselves which are red. young Bichirs hang up near the surface more than larger ones. what his tank mates? do you have a water test kit?

Hi, thank you so much for replying, this bichir is kept alone, like his the only one in the tank, I’ve been keeping this bichir for more then 4 months, I used to feed it frozen blood worm cubes and now frozen brine shrimp cube, it hasn’t grown a lot...and yesterday after changing it to a clean tank, it suddenly float up to the water like it was going to die, and after while sink right to the bottom, it didn’t want to eat the brine shrimp I gave....I did use the water conditioner in my tank water...and.. I do not have a water test kit...

 

[Bichir24795]

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Post a thread of ur own. Take some close up pics of the red area. Post ur water parameters including info on tank and tankmates. You’ll get some help B Bichir24795 .

thank you for the advice!!

 

[Bichir24795]

Hi, I changed the water for my bichir and now it looks like it dying, not eating, floating at the surface then after while winking right to the bottom, the water I kinda dirty today because of yesterday’s uneaten brine shrimp, I really need some help, it’s tank use to have rocks and gravel, and after some time it got dirty, so I changed it to this tank with nothing except a water filter and water

 

[kno4te]

Post this in a separate thread in the fish health and disease section. You’ll need to get a test kit and check the water. How long has the tank been setup? What’s ur water change schedule? Are u adding a dechlorinator with the water changes? Try feeding a pellet, like massivore or nls, instead of shrimp and bloodworms.

Fish and disease section below.

Freshwater Diseases and Health Issues

Discussion on disease, illness, health and nutrition.

www.monsterfishkeepers.com

 

[Bichir24795]

Yah so, I changed the water for my bichir and now it looks like it dying, not eating, floating at the surface then after while winking right to the bottom, the water I kinda dirty today because of yesterday’s uneaten brine shrimp, I really need some help, it’s tank use to have rocks and

Post this in a separate thread in the fish health and disease section. You’ll need to get a test kit and check the water. How long has the tank been setup? What’s ur water change schedule? Are u adding a dechlorinator with the water changes? Try feeding a pellet, like massivore or nls, instead of shrimp and bloodworms.

Fish and disease section below.

Freshwater Diseases and Health Issues

Discussion on disease, illness, health and nutrition.

www.monsterfishkeepers.com

I set up the tank yesterday morning and added the fish in the afternoon, and yes I did use a water conditioner that said to remove the chlorine in the water, will putting a pellet help increase it appetite?