Unexpected Fish Death

[sbundy]

hello

my tank has been up and running now for about 6 months with all these fish inside:

2 red torpedo barbs(now about 2.5 inches)
2 red rainbows(now about 2.5 inches)
1 boesmani rainbow(now about 2 inches)
2 rosy barbs(about 1.5 inches)
1 silver molly(about 1.5 inches)
2 blue jack demphseys(about 1 inches)
2 clown loaches(about 1.5 inches)

i do regular 25% water changes every month. my parameters are and have been perfect. amonia 0 nitrites 0 ph about 7 and nitrates about 20

today one of my red torpedo barbs was dead, he had a chunk missing from his lower body. they are and were all in perfect health. what happened? is there a disease that eats a chunk of body like that or someone also all of them are suddenly pooing(sorry bout the expression) at the same time and lots of white particuls are showing. could it be the chunk of the fish that i couldnt find that they all ate? im a little worried. please help!

 

[SPLiSH]

Hi sbundy,

It sounds as though your other fish might have had a munch on their tankmate - but the question is whether they killed him first or whether he died and was eaten.

With Jack Dempseys in the tank I think it would have been the first explanation. The can be cranky and territorial even as juvies. As they grow they are going to want a nice big tank, too. Preferably all to themselves.

The white poo sounds like the remains of your torpedo - fishie.

Hope this helps!

P.S - You'd get more help in future with this kind of stuff if you posted in Tropical Chit Chat or Emergencies forum. The Newbie is technically not for questions.