Tails faded?

[sammigold]

Hi, just wanted some thoughts off others.....

my gups that went through possible nitrite poisoning a while back all seem healthy and happy but I notice that their tails seem almost translucent near the ends and some of them have darker edges for example my neon blue males tail seems to be quite a light blue then it starts to look a bit mottley towards the end and the rim of the tail is grey...(cant get a photo, hes too fast)... It wasnt always like this.... and my little pale yellow guys tails are looking a little transparent... you can sort of see through them which you could nt before... would this be a result of the poisoning...?

Is there something I can do to fix them.... they are otherwise healthy..... Its only a couple of them... my tuxedos have beautiful thick dark red tails as does my snakeskin ....

opinions or ideas appreciated......

[Bumblebee]

if your water quality is good and the fish are acting/eating healthy then it may just be regrowth. this can appear translucent on light coloured fish and grey on dark coloured fish.. It seems to grow back a different colour then slowly change back to the origional colour. Just worry if the edge is bloodshot or shredded looking.

[tidus97]

hmmm. i resently (yesterday) lost 5 fry out of 25 , they where 1 day old, in nitrite posening. the biolongical filter hadnt started up as i had thought so the nitrite was pretty high and it killed a few fry. i meved them back to my main tank and i keep them in the breeding box. everyne says breeding boxes are to small and i agree but some also say that it doesnt let water cycle through. well in this case you should consider getting a breeding box with a built in sponge filter. i use this to raise my fry in.

[sammigold]

thanks for ideas.... I think i will try to get some shots... so that you can see what I mean...

the water quality is good... could it be a dietary thing..... I think it could be regrowth on a couple but a couple of them it doesnt look like that but they are not bloodshot I dont think... its hard to tell because the yellow gups have orange streaks in their tails naturally... I will have to get photos.... mmmmm