MyFishKaren
New Member
Hello!
My fish Gill recently passed a couple days ago unexpectedly - and I don't know why. The day before his passing I had a water testing due to an unrelated issue and all my parameters were in perfect condition. My water is also at 75 degrees temperature in Fahrenheit. At the time I had the Angel Fish at topic, another angel fish, a Dalmatian Molly, and a Sunburst Platy in a 20 gallon tank.
Heres the time table:
* 9:00am - I wake up, feed my fish. Everyone is well, nobody looks sick and is swimming and eating well.
* 9:10am - I finish watching them and walk downstairs to carry on my day
* 11:30am - I come upstairs to my room (where the tank is) and see that Gill (the angelfish) is upside down, yet breathing. I panic, and start googling everything I can to figure out what's happening. The entire time he's either leaning against the tank to support him or against an object, as he can't stay up by himself. From the limited knowledge I have about fish and sicknesses, I deduced it was "swim bladder disease".
* 11:40am - I grab my keys, drive to Pet Smart, and ask the fish-lady what to do. She thinks its also swim bladder disease. She tells me to purchase a "breeding net" to isolate the fish inside the tank, and so get some "general cure" fish medicine, and that the medicine will kill all parasites if any.
* 12:00pm-ish - I get home, run upstairs as quickly as I can, and see that Gill is doing even worse. Panicking, I peace together the net and place him in it. He's barely sitting up, relying heavily on the net for support. I dump the appropriate amount of medicine into the tank and wait, sitting there hoping he gets better.
* 12:15pm - he looks dead, but isn't. He's barely able to sit up, but he's breathing. I walk downstairs to get some water and tell my family about the situation.
* 12:30pm - I walk back into my room where the tank is, and Gill is laying flat on the bottom of the net - not breathing at all.
I do not know what killed him, have it be a parasite or birth defect - but I want as much knowledge as I can get so it doesn't happen to my other Angel fish.
My fish Gill recently passed a couple days ago unexpectedly - and I don't know why. The day before his passing I had a water testing due to an unrelated issue and all my parameters were in perfect condition. My water is also at 75 degrees temperature in Fahrenheit. At the time I had the Angel Fish at topic, another angel fish, a Dalmatian Molly, and a Sunburst Platy in a 20 gallon tank.
Heres the time table:
* 9:00am - I wake up, feed my fish. Everyone is well, nobody looks sick and is swimming and eating well.
* 9:10am - I finish watching them and walk downstairs to carry on my day
* 11:30am - I come upstairs to my room (where the tank is) and see that Gill (the angelfish) is upside down, yet breathing. I panic, and start googling everything I can to figure out what's happening. The entire time he's either leaning against the tank to support him or against an object, as he can't stay up by himself. From the limited knowledge I have about fish and sicknesses, I deduced it was "swim bladder disease".
* 11:40am - I grab my keys, drive to Pet Smart, and ask the fish-lady what to do. She thinks its also swim bladder disease. She tells me to purchase a "breeding net" to isolate the fish inside the tank, and so get some "general cure" fish medicine, and that the medicine will kill all parasites if any.
* 12:00pm-ish - I get home, run upstairs as quickly as I can, and see that Gill is doing even worse. Panicking, I peace together the net and place him in it. He's barely sitting up, relying heavily on the net for support. I dump the appropriate amount of medicine into the tank and wait, sitting there hoping he gets better.
* 12:15pm - he looks dead, but isn't. He's barely able to sit up, but he's breathing. I walk downstairs to get some water and tell my family about the situation.
* 12:30pm - I walk back into my room where the tank is, and Gill is laying flat on the bottom of the net - not breathing at all.
I do not know what killed him, have it be a parasite or birth defect - but I want as much knowledge as I can get so it doesn't happen to my other Angel fish.