brishe Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 Some of our guppies appear to have red inflamed gills, one of the females has lost a lot of condition but is still eating. They have been in this new tank for about 6weeks after being removed from a 40litre tank (this one is 120litres). Ammonia nil Nitrite nil ph stable at 7.0 I havnt done a nitrate test as i dont have it. Could it be gill flukes?? I havnt noticed any strange behaviour. Also one of my baby discus has got red inflamed gills(in another tank) and is breathing really fast but he is the biggest fish out of the 6 and is growing really well. it arrived by courier 3 weeks ago and was breathing like this when it arrived. I have treated with furan 2 but it didnt help. ph 6.5 Ammonia nil now but it had a spike twodays ago despite my daily water changes, now doing twice daily water changes. nitrite nil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted June 21, 2007 Report Share Posted June 21, 2007 It is possibly ammonia burn from the spike you had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharn Posted June 21, 2007 Report Share Posted June 21, 2007 I agree with caryl. If it was flukes you would expect to see them using one gill, pumping them or scratching on things. Discus can get flukes fairly easily if they get upset so definatly keep an eye on him/her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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