I think my last angel fish is dying…

[Magnum Man]

I have a show quality blue zebra lace angel fish, my last of several, that keeps swimming into tight spaces wedging itself in, where I need to remove it… it’s been here for 4 years, and was probably. tween 1-2 years old when it came here, so it’s not dying of old age… it admittedly didn’t have the best conditions when it arrived here, but always looked vibrant and healthy… the last couple years it’s gotten the best care I could give it.. so maybe a ticking time bomb internally either from previous substandard care, or perhaps how line bred it was to produce this type???

with more than a dozen fish tanks, fish death happens, but this one bothers more than most…

 

[Back in the fold]

Yeah , it’s a bad deal when a particularly favorite fish starts down the downward path . Does it give you any reason to think it’s dying and not just being weird ? Clamped fins , shimmying or not eating ? Loss of color ? How long has this been going on ?

 

[Magnum Man]

a day now, no clamped fins, but swimming wobbly between resting spots

 

[Innesfan]

Sorry to hear this. Zebra lace is a very popular mutation and you may be right that the intense breeding practices required to produce it, and in mass quantities, might have compromised the variety genetically. Black angels, by example, are almost always weaker than silvers.