need some info one of my blood parrots is turning white and looks like he is gasping for hanging out at the top of tank the rest of tank is ok any help
blood parrot turning white gasping for air
- Thread starter JESS R
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Water change 50% Immediately! What are the water specs?
edit: They don't do well with high nitrates...
edit: They don't do well with high nitrates...
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Yea you need to keep those fish under 20ppm. You will want to do an emergency change right now cause that fish could be dead by morning. The same thing happened to me some time ago with these fish.
wow i didnt realize they are that, sensitive my cichlid tank hets to 60 ppm sometimes almost 100ppm
wow dude, even if it doesn't kill them NA readings like that will definetly hurt them. don't let it get higher than 20-30ppm. and JESS R.... how big is the tank your BP is in? how often do you do water changes?portabuddy said:
what color was the blood parrot that is turning white?
way back when I had first gotten into the hobby (before I knew about hybrids and dyed fish) my girlfriend spotted a cute little blue blood parrot that she really liked. trying to get her involved in my new hobby I bought the fish. later I found out about the dying process and vowed to never buy another dyed fish. however I still had the blue parrot and had it for around 6 months or so before its color started to fade and the fish was turning white and it was exhibiting other signs of stress as well. after a couple of days it died.
I don't think blood parrots are as fragile as they've been made to sound in this thread. they can handle nitrates over 20 ppm just like most other central americans can. you do want to keep nitrates as low as possible but I don't think it's fair to say they must be kept under 20 ppm for blood parrots.
it could be a problem of low oxygenation. you might consider doing a nice water change of 30-50% and adding either an airstone or powerhead. also, what is the temp of the tank?
way back when I had first gotten into the hobby (before I knew about hybrids and dyed fish) my girlfriend spotted a cute little blue blood parrot that she really liked. trying to get her involved in my new hobby I bought the fish. later I found out about the dying process and vowed to never buy another dyed fish. however I still had the blue parrot and had it for around 6 months or so before its color started to fade and the fish was turning white and it was exhibiting other signs of stress as well. after a couple of days it died.
I don't think blood parrots are as fragile as they've been made to sound in this thread. they can handle nitrates over 20 ppm just like most other central americans can. you do want to keep nitrates as low as possible but I don't think it's fair to say they must be kept under 20 ppm for blood parrots.
it could be a problem of low oxygenation. you might consider doing a nice water change of 30-50% and adding either an airstone or powerhead. also, what is the temp of the tank?
it's in a 55 and it's a true orange blood parrot and i have a fluval canister with an air pump hooked up to it in addition to the over the tank filter, i've had the parrot for about a year it's one of 2 . i try to do a 25-30% water change every week with the last one being tues