Hey all,
Just came home this arvo to find our female apistogramma baenschi at the top of the tank with her mouth open & looking very faded... I immediately did a ~40% water change and tested the water. Tests seem ok with pH 6.6-6.8, nitrate 10, ammonia 0, nitrite 0.
her colour seems to have improved since the water change, but she is still spending a bit of time at the surface with her mouth open. doesn't appear to be gasping for air and no other fish in the tank (male a. baenschi, 6x neon tetra, 1 pakistani laoch & 1x b/n [altho I havent seen him today]) appear affected.
only things i can think of are (1) bad batch of blackworms [unlikely since those that are left all appear to be wriggling away happily and none of the other fish appear affected]; (2) bad frozen bloodworms [possible..]; (3) something toxic in the water [tank is in our bedroom with only a half-wall between it and the ensuite, so it's plausible that deoderant or something got in there..]
Any other suggestions as far as what it could be, what else to check & what to do next?
Cheers,
Dave
Just came home this arvo to find our female apistogramma baenschi at the top of the tank with her mouth open & looking very faded... I immediately did a ~40% water change and tested the water. Tests seem ok with pH 6.6-6.8, nitrate 10, ammonia 0, nitrite 0.
her colour seems to have improved since the water change, but she is still spending a bit of time at the surface with her mouth open. doesn't appear to be gasping for air and no other fish in the tank (male a. baenschi, 6x neon tetra, 1 pakistani laoch & 1x b/n [altho I havent seen him today]) appear affected.
only things i can think of are (1) bad batch of blackworms [unlikely since those that are left all appear to be wriggling away happily and none of the other fish appear affected]; (2) bad frozen bloodworms [possible..]; (3) something toxic in the water [tank is in our bedroom with only a half-wall between it and the ensuite, so it's plausible that deoderant or something got in there..]
Any other suggestions as far as what it could be, what else to check & what to do next?
Cheers,
Dave