Bunnylicked
09/07/2011, 09:57 AM
I got a little blue damsel for my pico a few days ago. He was very active and appeared healthy at the petstore. When I got him home, he was very shy at first, but then started darting around the tank normally.
He seemed fine when I turned on the light this morning, but now he's laying on his side and breathing heavily. He swam around a little when I chased him with a net, but then went back to laying on the rock. I got a close look at him, and he looks like he has spots of light blue and dark blue mixed in with his regular blue coloring. He also has a "glazed" appearance around his gills and face. What's wrong with him? He's the only one in the tank besides a coral and some inverts, who appear to be doing fine.
Also, for anyone interested, here's the water parameters:
Ammonia & nitrite: about 0
Nitrate: about 10-20 ppm
pH: 8.0
SG: about 1.023
Temperature: 77 F
He seemed fine when I turned on the light this morning, but now he's laying on his side and breathing heavily. He swam around a little when I chased him with a net, but then went back to laying on the rock. I got a close look at him, and he looks like he has spots of light blue and dark blue mixed in with his regular blue coloring. He also has a "glazed" appearance around his gills and face. What's wrong with him? He's the only one in the tank besides a coral and some inverts, who appear to be doing fine.
Also, for anyone interested, here's the water parameters:
Ammonia & nitrite: about 0
Nitrate: about 10-20 ppm
pH: 8.0
SG: about 1.023
Temperature: 77 F