ssbon18
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I've had my 2 blood red parrots for a little over 1 year. They were about 2 inches long when I bought them and are now 4-5 inches. They are doing fine very playful and active. They seem happy however I have noticed now that they are bigger when they breath behind their gills I can see all the red stuff inside. They don't seem to be bothered by it but I'm not sure if that's normal or not.
I originally had them in my 65 gallon tank that was fully cycled before purchasing them. I have since upgraded them to a 75 gallon tank. I change their water every 3 weeks approximately and have always changed about 75% of the water (I do less frequent water changes but when I do, I do change a bigger amount of water).
The parameters are: 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite and nitrate never over 40. However, when I do a water change my tap water does have ammonia in it, I put Prime while I do the water change and ammonia is back to 0 by the following day.
As long as the fish are acting fine, is the gills something I should worry about ? Nothing seems attached to them(like worms or anything).
I have a video showing how they breathe and you can see the red stuff behind their gills, will try to upload it below:
I originally had them in my 65 gallon tank that was fully cycled before purchasing them. I have since upgraded them to a 75 gallon tank. I change their water every 3 weeks approximately and have always changed about 75% of the water (I do less frequent water changes but when I do, I do change a bigger amount of water).
The parameters are: 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite and nitrate never over 40. However, when I do a water change my tap water does have ammonia in it, I put Prime while I do the water change and ammonia is back to 0 by the following day.
As long as the fish are acting fine, is the gills something I should worry about ? Nothing seems attached to them(like worms or anything).
I have a video showing how they breathe and you can see the red stuff behind their gills, will try to upload it below:
