tem is breathing fast

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ok i notice yesterday that my tem was not actling like itself, he breating fast rapidly and also when i drop in some market shrimp and silversides hes usually the first to strike but did nothing, my other 4 pbass are fine and breathing fine and so are my other fish with them, I heard this can be due to parasite in the gill, is this true, also heard i can used coppersafe for a situation like this
 
did you test your water? try smaller pieces of shrimp, sometimes that works... whats our water temp?
 
What are tankmates and sizes? Could he be getting picked on? I normally will do a waterchange at the sign of any trouble check params before and after.

BEFORE MEDICATING!!
 
bOOsteN aUdI;2420597; said:
did you test your water? try smaller pieces of shrimp, sometimes that works... whats our water temp?

yeah water is fine, i have good areation, i try the smaller pieces becasue i usually cut the pieces small and my water temp is alwasy at 84- 86
cichlid savage;2420675; said:
What are tankmates and sizes? Could he be getting picked on? I normally will do a waterchange at the sign of any trouble check params before and after.

BEFORE MEDICATING!!

hes not getting pick on, very mellow and so are my other pbass, i have him with 5inch mono, 7 inch ocell and 9inch orino and the tem is 6inch and usually the more agressive one when eating, and i also did a water change today and still the same
 
i think the temp is a little high try 76-82
 
keeep us updated dude.
 
crowconor;2421349; said:
i think the temp is a little high try 76-82
76 is to low for pbass, i think any pbass owner can agree with me that 84-86 is good for pbass
ECarbonel;2421359; said:
hope he turn out okay
i hope he does as well

silverdragon;2421380; said:
keeep us updated dude.
still not eating, getting more worry since he was always the most aggressive eater and now he wont even eat, if it comes down to it I would buy coppersafe
 
im not sure about medicating just yet...
i'd just continue with the water changes.
like 20 percent everyday.
 
when you say the tank is well aerated? how well are we talking bout?
 
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