stages of death
Hi all,
I am curious what signs or stages of fish death there are.
I have a white skirt tetra that since I came home from vacation has been cowering in the back of the tank.... breathing extremely rapidly.... loosing weight it seems, etc.
The house got rather warm while I was gone and the people caring for the fish and cats didn't think to turn on the air or anything. So I got home to a hot (about 82-84 degrees) tank a dead pleco.
Is this fish at the end of a normal life cycle? Something caused by the heat or the algae I also have going on in the tank or or what?
Should I put him out of misery or will he pull through?
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10 Gallon
1 orange white skirt tetra
1 chinese algae eater
40 gallon
2 leopard cory
1 bala shark
1 angel fish
1 pl*co
1 doberman
3 tabby cats
1 siamese
1 gray tree squirrel
1 husband 
1 4.5 yr old son
Last edited by Gracie6363; 05-22-2005 at 04:29 PM.
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