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sore gills
I remember answering a question belonging to that picture way back, there was several ideas, are none of them of any use? Id take a phone or digital picture(or laptop) to the fish supplier, just to eliminate gill flukes or anything else, when you say that hes mellow could he actually be lethargic?gills should be cherry red with no signs of bleeding and the filaments be separate and well defined with no sign of clumping, fish are all different but if you know what is the "norm" for your fish then you know when things aren't quite right,gill appearance change under certain conditions but just in case!
re: sore gills
fish has been alright.. im begging to wonder if previous owners of this fish had poor water quality... the fish also has (what looks like) permanent black spots almost colored into him... will do my best top get these out. interesting that it would affect the gills though
picture
found this picture on an old post on the site.. this is how the gills look except some of the strings in the gill are white
sore gills
Is he breathing quickly? if so, check out gill flukes,
re: sore gills
Haven't noticed quick breathing... The fish actually seems incredibly mellow all the time (may be because of it's age)