some of my barbs look liek their gills are way to red, and one has like, the gills even spilling out from behind the cover, could that be anything you guys could think of??? i have had some deaths recently
whoa my fish's gills are REAL red and exploding???
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No, too many plants won't cause impaired gill function. Oxygen levels in the water are pretty well inacapable of being too high--you'd have to have the tank pressurized with injection to cause problems.
It sounds more like a parasite or ammonia toxicity to me.
It sounds more like a parasite or ammonia toxicity to me.
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no i don't think the plants are the problem - they won't throw off too much oxygen - i dpn't think you can really have too much oxygen from just plants - maybe if you had tons of air pumps going but even then thats prob not it cause fish need well oxygenated water to live -
you sure there's no ammonia?
you sure there's no ammonia?
so what could it be, the ammonia is fine, no nitrites... its only one fish taht has the bright red gill that is like, exploding out of the gill cover, the rest just kinda have more red gills then i remember, some kinda gill parasite? gill fluke?
Could be--without a sample and a scope, it's hard to say. I would likely remove the affected fish and treat--or treat the whole tank if more than 1-2 of the fish have the problem. Check www.SkepticalAquariast.com for meds recommendations.
wow ok now my lil fan tail in a completely differnt tank has the same thing, its like just.. red jelly at the bass of their swimming fins, the one that come out from under the gills, odd. thanks for you help ill cehck that site out