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Pointy_kitty
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i hate this
the thing i hate about fish is i could know everything and fish still can die out of the blue!
i don't understand
i have a beautiful, balanced 20 gallon aquarium with peaceful community fish
even thuogh not one fish in that tank is ever chased or nipped i still have several good fry hiding plants and little caves and ornaments for the fish to hide in
i noticed about a week ago that my little 1 year old angel had not been seen eating in a while, so i assumed she was just shy
i always make sure they have the perfect amounts of food and alternate tropical flakes, brine shrimp, vegi (algea) tabs, and sometimes a bit of cucumber or blood worms (for the angels)
i DID notice that (unlike my other angels in my other tank who grow at a pretty fast rate) that after a year my little angel was only about an inch and a half
there is no stress in the water except i recently (almost a month ago) had to move the tank which weighed in at over 200 lbs
so i did drain 50%
and for all of you gasping and yelling "NOOOOOOOO!"
i placed most of the old water back (all but the first 20% of the buckets since they were dirty)
beleive me i had no choice but to take these drastic matters since we had to replace the legs on the tank stand in order to build it into a strong double tank stand for two 20gallons
BACK TO THE PROBLEM
my little angel was fine until this morning where i found it having trouble keeping boyancy and swimming
should i euthanize (its pretty much sideways at this point) or let it go naturally
its still difficult to make these decisions when its your babies
she's in her own tank now so that she's not bothered and her mate (who wouldn't even leave her side when she was on the gravel) doesn't have to watch her die
the thing i hate about fish is i could know everything and fish still can die out of the blue!
i don't understand
i have a beautiful, balanced 20 gallon aquarium with peaceful community fish
even thuogh not one fish in that tank is ever chased or nipped i still have several good fry hiding plants and little caves and ornaments for the fish to hide in
i noticed about a week ago that my little 1 year old angel had not been seen eating in a while, so i assumed she was just shy
i always make sure they have the perfect amounts of food and alternate tropical flakes, brine shrimp, vegi (algea) tabs, and sometimes a bit of cucumber or blood worms (for the angels)
i DID notice that (unlike my other angels in my other tank who grow at a pretty fast rate) that after a year my little angel was only about an inch and a half
there is no stress in the water except i recently (almost a month ago) had to move the tank which weighed in at over 200 lbs
so i did drain 50%
and for all of you gasping and yelling "NOOOOOOOO!"
i placed most of the old water back (all but the first 20% of the buckets since they were dirty)
beleive me i had no choice but to take these drastic matters since we had to replace the legs on the tank stand in order to build it into a strong double tank stand for two 20gallons
BACK TO THE PROBLEM
my little angel was fine until this morning where i found it having trouble keeping boyancy and swimming
should i euthanize (its pretty much sideways at this point) or let it go naturally
its still difficult to make these decisions when its your babies
she's in her own tank now so that she's not bothered and her mate (who wouldn't even leave her side when she was on the gravel) doesn't have to watch her die