Helen 8,511 Posted January 20, 2013 looks like natural colour to me if it were chemical or toxic burn, there would be more of it. and certainly not just a fine line 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thatfancygoldfish 366 Posted January 20, 2013 looks like natural colour to me if it were chemical or toxic burn, there would be more of it. and certainly not just a fine line Glad that that's nothing to be worried about! Thank you Helen! Now I just have to figure out what's going on with his pooping and hiding in the plant/ inactiveness! We'll get to the bottom of this!!! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
motherredcap 6,284 Posted January 20, 2013 Laura, I would hold off on repashy until this is fixed. Speaking only from my own experience (and obviously this sort of thing varies from fish to fish) the repashy leads to less pooping and a greater risk of constipation than feeding vegetable matter. Newton has been getting SG for a little over 2 weeks. The first day, I overfed and he .. not floated but was very light in the water and didn't poop. I began to vary the SG with Hikari and vegetables, pooping returned, floating stopped. Switched again to only SG for a few days, pooping stopped, floating began. He has grown, his wen has increased and he SG seems fine as long as he also receives peas/beans/spinach during the day. Again, just one fish and only about 16 days of observation on the food so I don't know how generalizable this might be. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dnalex 13,633 Posted January 20, 2013 I agree that you should hold off on the Repashy for now. motherredcap, I think you might be on to something here, actually. I don't really have any issues with SG (that I can tell), and possibly the reason is that I actually don't feed just SG in any given day. There is always something else as well... Interesting thought. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cmclien 655 Posted January 20, 2013 He has grown, his wen has increased and he SG seems fine as long as he also receives peas/beans/spinach during the day. This is definitely what I have found also, the SG is fine as long a I feed some small amounts of spinach, peas or green beans with the meal. My sinker, Bing the one who has constipation issues has really looked good for weeks now with this combo, makes me quite happy to find him not sitting on the bottom in the morning but instead swimming, waiting for some breakfast. I've been trying to add a super small of progold too, like one pellet at breakfast, one at lunch along with 1 little cube of SG and super (mixed) and the veggies. Just started trying it the last couple of days so its a little early to tell. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thatfancygoldfish 366 Posted January 20, 2013 Whoa. He is SO bloated today guys! He's betting kind of bottom heavy, his tail weighs hi down while his head is elevated... helllppp No poop came from the salt dip last night! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dnalex 13,633 Posted January 20, 2013 Laura, add 1 teaspoon per 10 gallons Epsom, and make sure the tank temp is at 74-80. This is really strange, and worrying. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites