Hi, my Fire Eel hasn't been eating for around 2 or 3 months (I've tried everything at this point) so I resorted to feeding live river shrimp, which he accepted straight away.
Then I saw both my Fire Eels gasping for air (the tank is well oxygenated) so I did a 50% waster change and fed the rest of the shrimp.
Then the next morning found both the Fire Eels gasping for air again, but the one who ate the shrimp is almost completely white.
It doesn't look like Ich or Fungal, just the skin is white.
pH is 7, ammonia 0, nitrite 0 and nitrate 5-10
Temp 28c.
There's a thick biofilm at the surface, the output is breaking up some of it. Thinking it might be the shrimp.
No contaminants in the water, no soapy hands, no air freshner sprayed nearby etc.
Tank is a 6x2x2 and tank mates are Bichirs, Gar and African Arowana (still considerably small, bioload is still low) moving into a trop pond soon.
Not sure what to do at this point, any ideas on what this might be and how to handle treating it?
I'm thinking of small water changes every day?
Then I saw both my Fire Eels gasping for air (the tank is well oxygenated) so I did a 50% waster change and fed the rest of the shrimp.
Then the next morning found both the Fire Eels gasping for air again, but the one who ate the shrimp is almost completely white.
It doesn't look like Ich or Fungal, just the skin is white.
pH is 7, ammonia 0, nitrite 0 and nitrate 5-10
Temp 28c.
There's a thick biofilm at the surface, the output is breaking up some of it. Thinking it might be the shrimp.
No contaminants in the water, no soapy hands, no air freshner sprayed nearby etc.
Tank is a 6x2x2 and tank mates are Bichirs, Gar and African Arowana (still considerably small, bioload is still low) moving into a trop pond soon.
Not sure what to do at this point, any ideas on what this might be and how to handle treating it?
I'm thinking of small water changes every day?
