GBR sick !help!

[mrs fishpatrick]

It is not going well with my gbr, it looks like it has a greyish sheen, clamped fins and reduced apetite, kinda stays in the same place all the time.
what could it be.
please help

[mrs fishpatrick]

sorry, just want to bump this thread as I can really do with some help

[fins_n_fur]

It's hard for me to say what could be wrong. For how long has it been like that? Any cause for increased stress in the tank? New tank mates, other fish suddenly actively aggressive/breeding? How are your parameters and when was the last w/c? Other fish are acting normally?

[kevvy2k]

Mine did the same thing turned out to be a parasite I lost 20 plus fish.How are the other fish doing?Any other GBR,S?Ammonia levels?PH?etc

[Fishalicious]

I hear of this loads and it has no other reason other than that they are asian mass bred. They rarely make it longer than 6-8 months...

So sorry your little guy is not well xxx

[mrs fishpatrick]

Other fish are okay, cory's have even given me more eggs, 50% WC was a few days ago, parameters are fine no ammonia or trItes, trAtes are less than 20 this particualar fish is my latest inhabitant, only have her 2 weeks.
Should I take her out (is it a lost cause??) or even worse could she make my other fish sick?

[fins_n_fur]

Fishalicious may well be on to something. If you can, call the LFS to see where they source the gbr's (local breeder or imports from Asia-mass bred). If it's Asian mass-bred, I'm not sure that there will much you can do.

[mrs fishpatrick]

I asked and it was Indonesia if I remember correctly

[Sharon]

I really don't know for sure, but I killed one of mine last week by doing too large of a water change. They are sensitive fish...I did a 40% change, and lost one within 24hours. Small, more frequent changes are best for these fish...so sorry!

[mrs fishpatrick]

Unfortunately she was dead this morning, no more GBR for me, shame because she was a lovely fish.