About a month ago I picked up 5 longfin leopard danios from my LFS, 2 males and 3 females. One male was much smaller than the rest, but I figured he might still be young. Over the last month, his stomach has continued to shrink though his colors have stayed nice.
He pretty much hangs out by himself, towards the top of the tank. He doesn't eat much, and rarely eats with the others. At first I just thought he was a little special or frazzled from the move. I brought 4 other danios (ugly pink glo fish longfins- GMO is not my thing) back to the LFS to get some credit for my new swordtails. After that, he actually got more active and started feeding with the other danios for a few days.
The last day or two, he's looking to be in worse shape. I started reading about similar symptoms, and suspect an internal parasite.
Here he is in a quick salt dip (15 minutes left), on recommendation from the LFS. I was going to get some more serious meds, but I am hella broke and LFS Guy suggested I start with this (he gave me a little salt to try out).
Fingers crossed... I have a love/hate relationship with danios, but not so much I want them dead. :sick:
He pretty much hangs out by himself, towards the top of the tank. He doesn't eat much, and rarely eats with the others. At first I just thought he was a little special or frazzled from the move. I brought 4 other danios (ugly pink glo fish longfins- GMO is not my thing) back to the LFS to get some credit for my new swordtails. After that, he actually got more active and started feeding with the other danios for a few days.
The last day or two, he's looking to be in worse shape. I started reading about similar symptoms, and suspect an internal parasite.
Here he is in a quick salt dip (15 minutes left), on recommendation from the LFS. I was going to get some more serious meds, but I am hella broke and LFS Guy suggested I start with this (he gave me a little salt to try out).
Fingers crossed... I have a love/hate relationship with danios, but not so much I want them dead. :sick: