Orange spot b/n

fnqfish

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Hi guys I have a breeding pair of orange spots and the female is gasping lots and male is fine . They are young pair and there in a 2 ft tank they have wood in there tank and the filtration is a spung filtration there no substrate and I do water changers twice a week . Any help would be great full .
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ccole

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gasping may be due to low oxygen- try adding extra airstones. Also are you doing frquent water changes? Poor water quality could be an issue. I wouls say add the fix it twins but in my experience it lowers oxygen in the water.

hope this helps
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fnqfish

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Thank Ccole , I have lots oxygen going in the water I do a a water changer regularly . Just stumped. The only over thing I can think of is a parasite ?