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Fish Crazy
No I didnt perform an autopsy on my recently deceased h/m. But I did do a load of investigating as to the cause.
Basicaly over 4 days he went from fine to lethargic to heavy breathing to dead. So automatically you think ammonia poisoning. The symptoms began the day before a weekly water change, I changed the filter becuse ti was playing up but kept the media, he was worse the next day so more water change and swapped back to the old filter body. I changed water every day till he died. The water stats came back good, as you would expect after a few wafer changes.
Any way I have racked my brain and the only thing I could think that was different was the slightly iffy filter. It has a spray bar and had started chugging. That is dribbling then building up to a big spurt then dribbling again. This was cleaned out and is now running as it should, thing is it is filling the tank with millions of tiny bubbles. I am thinking that these may have been a catalyst in his down fall. Would these cause any issue to the labrynth organ, making it harder to get oxygen through his gills. He didnt surface to breathe for long intervals.
What do you reckon? I cant think of anything else that would finnish off a healthy young fish so quickly. His tank mates (2 ottos and a red shrimp) remain unaffected.
Basicaly over 4 days he went from fine to lethargic to heavy breathing to dead. So automatically you think ammonia poisoning. The symptoms began the day before a weekly water change, I changed the filter becuse ti was playing up but kept the media, he was worse the next day so more water change and swapped back to the old filter body. I changed water every day till he died. The water stats came back good, as you would expect after a few wafer changes.
Any way I have racked my brain and the only thing I could think that was different was the slightly iffy filter. It has a spray bar and had started chugging. That is dribbling then building up to a big spurt then dribbling again. This was cleaned out and is now running as it should, thing is it is filling the tank with millions of tiny bubbles. I am thinking that these may have been a catalyst in his down fall. Would these cause any issue to the labrynth organ, making it harder to get oxygen through his gills. He didnt surface to breathe for long intervals.
What do you reckon? I cant think of anything else that would finnish off a healthy young fish so quickly. His tank mates (2 ottos and a red shrimp) remain unaffected.
