cheeky chappie
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tank: rio 180
water stats: all within spec
stock: 3 x red tailed black shark, 2 x pim pictus, 2 x silver dollar, 3 x (now 2 x
) green tiger barb
did last water change yesterday, everything fine as it was this morning. came home from work to find one of my green tiger barbs up against filtration system without a back fin, click on thumbnail for bigger pic:
i pushed him off the filtration system and, although his body was pointing directly upwards due to lack of fin assistance, he seemed pretty strong i.e. was making all the right body movements but obviously getting nowhere, think dog trying to wag a tail that's been cut off! so i took him out:
and i put him out of his misery. so do you reckon this was a disease, attack from another fish (if so likely candidate?) or a bit of both? the rear fin looks as though it's maybe been bitten off, possible?
water stats: all within spec
stock: 3 x red tailed black shark, 2 x pim pictus, 2 x silver dollar, 3 x (now 2 x
) green tiger barbdid last water change yesterday, everything fine as it was this morning. came home from work to find one of my green tiger barbs up against filtration system without a back fin, click on thumbnail for bigger pic:
i pushed him off the filtration system and, although his body was pointing directly upwards due to lack of fin assistance, he seemed pretty strong i.e. was making all the right body movements but obviously getting nowhere, think dog trying to wag a tail that's been cut off! so i took him out:
and i put him out of his misery. so do you reckon this was a disease, attack from another fish (if so likely candidate?) or a bit of both? the rear fin looks as though it's maybe been bitten off, possible?
