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Posted: **Sat Dec 16, 2006 9:09 am**

hi.im just wondering 1 of my zebra is turning yellowish, I'm just feeding him crushed brine shrimp.is this sick?need help.thanks guys....

Posted: **Sat Dec 16, 2006 10:32 am**

This little one is not looking healthy, try some other foods and try to get some flesh on those bones

Posted: **Sat Dec 16, 2006 5:20 pm**

I've never seen a zebra fry that color. What else are you feeding him? I feed quite a bit of astaxanthin rich food and my fish still aren't yellow. If he's just getting brine shrimp, you definitely need to add daphnia or something instead. Brine shrimp has almost no nutritional value. He definitely does look too thin, also. How warm are you keeping him? That can affect his weight also.

Barbie

Posted: **Sat Dec 16, 2006 5:40 pm**

what other kind of food can i feed ?im keeping them at 83f-85f.but my other zebras are just fine.

Posted: **Sat Dec 16, 2006 6:03 pm**

There are a good number of threads on the board on the subject of feeding. I feed daphnia, New Life Spectrum grow food, mysis shrimp, cyclopeeze, hikari sinking wafers, dainichi ultima, and even flake.

Barbie

Posted: **Sat Dec 16, 2006 6:07 pm**

thanks barbie...ill look for that.but is my temp just fine?

Posted: **Sat Dec 16, 2006 6:23 pm**

Yeah, that temperature will work fine for young guys. I tend to keep mine closer to 86, but I'm a wee bit outside the scale for what most people do. I enjoy water changes and feeding, so the higher temps aren't a problem for me, but I know it could BE a problem without careful watching

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Barbie

Posted: **Sat Dec 16, 2006 7:32 pm**

ok...i dont need to add any medication for this?and is it ok to put pvc pipe as caves or tunnels?

Posted: **Sat Dec 16, 2006 8:13 pm**

PVC pipe is fine..

Posted: **Sun Dec 17, 2006 12:01 am**

ok thanks...also do they need to have a strong current?ive put them in a 10gal now.tank right now coz they are still small about 3/4".is that ok?

Posted: **Sun Dec 17, 2006 9:41 am**

that is odd coloring!

i have my tank at 84-85f and i feed mine hikari sinking carnivore wafers, new life spectrum h20 and growth, osi shrimp and algae/vegetable wafers and hikari algae wafers.

also i have about 20x turnover rate on my tank

Posted: **Sun Dec 17, 2006 4:08 pm**

Maybe you can find something here:
http://www.google.no/search?hl=en&q=jau ... gle+Search

No doubt that's a sick fish, and like Barbie said, quite underweight. but that often come with disease .

Posted: **Sun Dec 17, 2006 4:54 pm**

Hi Arrior,

The yellowing of your zebra looks like fish Jaundice more than likely brought about by a diet lacking in vitamin E but it could also be down to liver failure.

I have only seen this once in all of my years as a fish keeper. I suggest that you feed the fish a good dry food containing vitamin E, most do.

Good luck with the zebra, I hope it pulls through.

Adam

Posted: **Sun Dec 17, 2006 11:16 pm**

thanks guys...is there anything that i need to medicate the zeb?how come my other 3 zeb dont have that?

Posted: **Mon Dec 18, 2006 1:16 pm**

I'm afraid that meds will have no effect in this instance. Altering the zebras diet is the only real option that could possibly help. That said if the affected zebra is suffering from liver failure there will not be much you will be able to do. I suspect that only the one fish is affected as it was probably predisposed to suffering from this condition. I still strongly advise altering their diet, whilst the others show no symptoms at present it's best to take no chances.

I have also read that improving water quality can alleviate symptoms for fish that are not too far gone but it also has to coupled with an improved diet. Some catfish farms in the far east have been plagued by a similar problem, in that instance it was found to be diet related coupled with poor water quality.

Please keep us posted.

Adam

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