damsel fish sick

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camaro2ner

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swimming on his side @ bottom of tank or layin on his side, breathing hard, seems weak. and losing color
 

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Was it a new / recent addition?
How long has the tank been running?
Any changes made recently in your tank?
Any issues with temperature spikes or big swings in water parameters?
 

camaro2ner

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added a small puffer. and a mandarin, temp and water parameters are ok. Tank has been up for about 8 months.
 

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Just be aware of one potential issue with reptile to fish tank conversions. The reptile use often has high amounts of uric acid that can get baked on due to the heat reptiles need. One molecule of Uric acid breaks down to four ammonia molecules. Uric acid is not that toxic, though it would cause ammonia test to read a false positive. The tank will leach ammonia for some time.
 

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Just be aware of one potential issue with reptile to fish tank conversions.
Where did this info come from??. Was not in this tread.
 
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