I can just make out the HLLE. HLLE is often due to poor water quality (high ammonia-nitrate-ph) and diet . Remember, thee fish are herbivores and need fats in addition to vegetation in their diets. Good nutrition, clean water and low stress can help stop the erosion and sometimes allow it to fully heal heal .
It has minor HLLE, but that won't cause rapid breathing. The fish is breathing a bit too deeply, and is borderline fast - I counted about 150 gill beats per minute from the video and that is right on the line of being a problem.
I’ll add the air stone. Will send the water test results when I get back from work but everything there should be good. I have had this fish for 2 weeks in that tank and 6 weeks in QT. Water is at 78 degrees and confirmed by three temp probs.
Did the carbon spill into the tank somehow? What do you mean "to get it out". Not that I'm being helpful with a fix (sorry, tough diagnosis here) just trying to fig out what might have happened to cause
No it was just a carbon pack for Innovative Marien. Bag was sealed when I tossed it. I rinsed the carbon for 10 minutes while agitating it with my hands. Then left it in rodi water and then rinsed it with a half gallon of rodi. I will note I left it on my counter when I took it out and there was black water under it next day…
Sounds like you definitely rinsed it enough. It's a little concerning the black water under it a whole day after being in the tank. Was it staying put in the tank or was it moving /tumbling?
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