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Hello. I hope your day is going well.
I have an ember tetra who is really big - they are big pigs and I try to keep their intake to minimal. This morning she was panting really hard and hanging around the filter output area. I have since moved her to a breeder box and added an airstone.
The only thing I have changed since yesterday is an increase in CO2 - my CO2 indicator was still blue when lights were coming on, so I up the dosage slightly and turned the CO2 on earlier. My indicator was green when the lights came on and it is still green, albeit, a little on the light side. No other fish are having issues. If she is one of my original tetras she will be almost 3 years old, if she is one that I added since the originals, the she is about 18 months old.
When I put her in the breeder box she was swimming straight down. I added some sand, rocks and a couple of plants and she seems have righted herself now. She may just be old and getting ready to die, but my plan is to isolate her and make sure she is just getting a couple of small bites to eat daily and watching her poo to make sure that is happening. Other than that I don't know what to do, any advice is welcome.
I did water change yesterday and water parameters were perfect - 0 A, 0 Nitrites, 5-10 Nitrates; ph @ 6.6; TDS 175; all stable reading.
Thank you.
Edit - just did a ammonia and nitrite test, both @ 0.
I have an ember tetra who is really big - they are big pigs and I try to keep their intake to minimal. This morning she was panting really hard and hanging around the filter output area. I have since moved her to a breeder box and added an airstone.
The only thing I have changed since yesterday is an increase in CO2 - my CO2 indicator was still blue when lights were coming on, so I up the dosage slightly and turned the CO2 on earlier. My indicator was green when the lights came on and it is still green, albeit, a little on the light side. No other fish are having issues. If she is one of my original tetras she will be almost 3 years old, if she is one that I added since the originals, the she is about 18 months old.
When I put her in the breeder box she was swimming straight down. I added some sand, rocks and a couple of plants and she seems have righted herself now. She may just be old and getting ready to die, but my plan is to isolate her and make sure she is just getting a couple of small bites to eat daily and watching her poo to make sure that is happening. Other than that I don't know what to do, any advice is welcome.
I did water change yesterday and water parameters were perfect - 0 A, 0 Nitrites, 5-10 Nitrates; ph @ 6.6; TDS 175; all stable reading.
Thank you.
Edit - just did a ammonia and nitrite test, both @ 0.
