Yesterday I checked on Bullet (my 5 year old Orange Matsuba) and noticed that he is substantially paler (almost a yellow shade with some blotching) and has a strange circle patter on his head...no kidding...it spells out "PO" . Probably coincidence but it's like he is spelling it out for us :razz: , he is PO'd!
Joking aside, I love this fish and am concerned. They have not been fed in a while as it is just below 50 in the pond, that said my father-in-law fed them without permission a few weeks ago and so I am paranoid it is related to that (sepsis coming through). No big changes that I know of and I need to go do a water test so not sure where we are at with that (got busy) but no other fish seem to have any issues. He is acting like his normal charming, affectionate self but he looks "off".
Any ideas, clues or words of advice??? We live in Northern/Central California and have had an unusually dry and warm winter (spawned a baby in Sept/Oct it was so warm), so hoping it is just that. I wouldn't think our strongest, biggest and toughest fish would be the most vulnerable but perhaps I need to add stress coat or something?
Joking aside, I love this fish and am concerned. They have not been fed in a while as it is just below 50 in the pond, that said my father-in-law fed them without permission a few weeks ago and so I am paranoid it is related to that (sepsis coming through). No big changes that I know of and I need to go do a water test so not sure where we are at with that (got busy) but no other fish seem to have any issues. He is acting like his normal charming, affectionate self but he looks "off".
Any ideas, clues or words of advice??? We live in Northern/Central California and have had an unusually dry and warm winter (spawned a baby in Sept/Oct it was so warm), so hoping it is just that. I wouldn't think our strongest, biggest and toughest fish would be the most vulnerable but perhaps I need to add stress coat or something?