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ckk125 Big Fish Posts: 320 Kudos: 285 Votes: 71 Registered: 30-Jul-2005	no..its not coated or anything..its the normal gravel which anyone can buy at the lfs...the problem is..i dont have those kit...its quite costly here...but i'll get one after my exams...a few days from now...but if i remove the gravel...the tank will look very ugly and the clowns will be stressed and might somehow die or get ick... edit:the gravel is red-ish..could it be that the clowns are trying to adapt to it?they were much happier with the gravel than without it... Last edited by ckk125 at 18-Sep-2005 05:17
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
~jamie~ Big Fish Posts: 463 Kudos: 671 Votes: 65 Registered: 08-May-2004	Oh wow! Are they by a window? It appears that they have sunburn......... Good luck and I hope everything turns out alright for your little fishies!
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
ckk125 Big Fish Posts: 320 Kudos: 285 Votes: 71 Registered: 30-Jul-2005	no...but i changed the flake food..which i think might be the cause of it...they are all doin well from the start..just that their colour is weird...i think it might take at least a week or more to see any difference..
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
jasonpisani Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 5553 Kudos: 7215 Votes: 1024 Registered: 24-Feb-2003	Have you removed the gravel?. How are the fish now?. http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/s8xi5heh/my_photos http://www.geocities.com/s8xi5heh/classic_blue.html http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buzaqq/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/corydoras/ Member of the Malta Aquarist Society - 1970. http://www.maltaaquarist.com
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
Callatya Moderator The girl's got crabs! Posts: 9662 Kudos: 5261 Registered: 16-Sep-2001	the food is not new is it? its the same that they have always been fed? For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
ClownyGirl Fish Addict Posts: 508 Kudos: 311 Votes: 5 Registered: 07-Oct-2004	That's a little to red to be normal. I have never seen it before, but I dont think its good at all I dont know what to suggest, but I move one fish out of the water, with water from the tank into a small fish tank to monitor it for a few days and to see if removing it from the main tank helps it come back to normal. If yes, then I wld remove the gravel because thats the only thing that sounds suspect here, and lots and lots of water changes.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
ckk125 Big Fish Posts: 320 Kudos: 285 Votes: 71 Registered: 30-Jul-2005	i rinsed it alot of times
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
dannisyvette Fingerling Posts: 40 Kudos: 36 Votes: 0 Registered: 28-Nov-2004	generally with gravel rince then rince again then when you think it's rinced rince it again !!!!! thats why i asked how well it was rinced. yvette
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
ckk125 Big Fish Posts: 320 Kudos: 285 Votes: 71 Registered: 30-Jul-2005	i rinsed it...this is basically the only gravel that i can find here...
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
dannisyvette Fingerling Posts: 40 Kudos: 36 Votes: 0 Registered: 28-Nov-2004	Personally i'd get the gravel out you don't know how it will effect them long term. How well did you rince the gravel?? Yvette
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
jasonpisani Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 5553 Kudos: 7215 Votes: 1024 Registered: 24-Feb-2003	I would remove the gravel & see how they'll react & if they will get their natural colours back. http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/s8xi5heh/my_photos http://www.geocities.com/s8xi5heh/classic_blue.html http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buzaqq/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/corydoras/ Member of the Malta Aquarist Society - 1970. http://www.maltaaquarist.com
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
ckk125 Big Fish Posts: 320 Kudos: 285 Votes: 71 Registered: 30-Jul-2005	hey ppl....my silver dollars,clown loaches and yoyo loaches turned red...is there any prob with it?they are not red until i put them into my tank and feed it with flake food...here are the pics... http://community.webshots.com/album/434454500alnJoH
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
Callatya Moderator The girl's got crabs! Posts: 9662 Kudos: 5261 Registered: 16-Sep-2001	OK, so its probably the gravel. What type of gravel is it and what colours? Have you checked the pH after the gravel was put in? Is any of it coloured/coated? For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
ckk125 Big Fish Posts: 320 Kudos: 285 Votes: 71 Registered: 30-Jul-2005	what do u mean?when i bought them...their colour is completely normal...as in orange with black stripes...the prob now is...the orange colour turned pink-reddish....but the stripes are still dark
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
superlion Mega Fish Posts: 1246 Kudos: 673 Votes: 339 Registered: 27-Sep-2003	someone replaced them with dyed look-alikes? ><>
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
ckk125 Big Fish Posts: 320 Kudos: 285 Votes: 71 Registered: 30-Jul-2005	apart from that...they are very fine...always ask for food when i pass by the tank,..plus..they even swim to the surface to snatch the flake food away from 3 of my angelfishes Last edited by ckk125 at 18-Sep-2005 02:40
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
ckk125 Big Fish Posts: 320 Kudos: 285 Votes: 71 Registered: 30-Jul-2005	the parameters...sadly..i couldnt get it..i dont have the kit to test it..its quite hard 2 find here...those guys has been in the tank for a month or 2...the red colour came after i put in the gravel into my tank...food..again...no ingredients can be found on the flake food container..but they love to eat it...
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
Callatya Moderator The girl's got crabs! Posts: 9662 Kudos: 5261 Registered: 16-Sep-2001	they are pink, and other than that they look fine? what are you feeding them? any new decor or plants recently For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
houston Fish Guru You want what when? Posts: 2623 Kudos: 2462 Votes: 337 Registered: 29-Mar-2003	You need to check all your water parameters...especially look at the ammonia and chlorine levels.... How long were they in the tank before they turned red? Can you tell if it could be the water or the food? Check the parameters in the water, that red doesn't look good at all... heidi "I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
ckk125 Big Fish Posts: 320 Kudos: 285 Votes: 71 Registered: 30-Jul-2005	i dont know why...the temp is good...25 degrees celcius i think...they are feeding well and living life very normally...just that the colour is very weird
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
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