89crwreck Posted July 10, 2011 Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 Hi Guys woke up this morning to find one of my electric yellows with nearly all his colour gone on one side! Hes was fine yesterday, all active and happy but now hes swimming very slowly, like it hurts to swim? here are some not so flash cell phone pics of him. My only guess is he may have got stuck between the heater and glass and got burnt?? Any help/advice on what i should do would be greatly appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the-obstacle Posted July 10, 2011 Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 Doesn't look too happy does he? Is he breathing hard/fast? I'd start with some salt in the water but after that i don't know where to go. How is he going this afternoon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89crwreck Posted July 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 hes breathing normally but is only moving/swimming using his pectoral fins. all other fins are clamped tight against his body and hes realy 'stiff'. dont think hes gonna make it :tears: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted July 10, 2011 Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 It looks like allot more than a heater burn to me but I am not sure what it is.. If the fish isn't swimming well and not eating then there probably isn't much hope, just isolate and chuck some salt in and hope for the best I guess... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted July 10, 2011 Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 have you tested the water? what ph is the tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89crwreck Posted July 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 little guy is dead Smidy, haven't tested the water (don't have a test kit :oops: ) he just deteriorated throughout the day, all other fish in the tank look fine. here are some pics of him. as you can see he looks a lot worse than this morning and had started to develop a redness all over him. any ideas to what it could have been? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted July 10, 2011 Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 Redness can indicate a bacterial infection of some sort.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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