UPDATE: stages of death

Gracie6363 · 05-30-2005, 06:24 PM

Hi all,
As you may recall the last few weeks I was struggling to figure out what was ailing my white skirt tetra. Breathing rapidly, acting skiddish and not eating. It was after coming home from vacation to a hot tank and learning my pleco had also died.

A few days ago I came home to find that tetra floating upside down on the bottom of the tank barely breathing. We euthanized him.

I had another skirt tetra in the tank that has been weird since the day we got him. Always thought he was going to die only for him to come back around. For a the last few weeks his fins have been getting picked on by the other fish. Today I did a routine water change and some other household chores. I left to go to a cookout and just now I returned to find him dead as could be!

I have no idea what is going on in there! Parameters all good.

Ph 7.2 0ppm ammonia 0ppm nitrite 78 degrees

mlefev · 05-31-2005, 03:29 AM

It honestly sounds like some type of disease was introduced into the tank, probably by one of the fish. Temperatures that are too high for them also can cause illness. In the case of your tetra, it could have been that the fins getting picked at caused a secondary infection which killed him. I'm sure others will offer more advice, but if you see another fish acting strangely, get them out of the tank ASAP.

Gracie6363 · 05-31-2005, 06:25 AM

The fish in this tank have been in this tank for over a year. No new ones introduced. I am thinking it was just their time or something. I wonder if I maybe did something to the one that died yesterday during the vacuuming or something and just didn't realize it. Who knows.

05-30-2005, 06:24 PM	#1
Gracie6363 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Age: 29 Posts: 139	UPDATE: stages of death Hi all, As you may recall the last few weeks I was struggling to figure out what was ailing my white skirt tetra. Breathing rapidly, acting skiddish and not eating. It was after coming home from vacation to a hot tank and learning my pleco had also died. A few days ago I came home to find that tetra floating upside down on the bottom of the tank barely breathing. We euthanized him. I had another skirt tetra in the tank that has been weird since the day we got him. Always thought he was going to die only for him to come back around. For a the last few weeks his fins have been getting picked on by the other fish. Today I did a routine water change and some other household chores. I left to go to a cookout and just now I returned to find him dead as could be! I have no idea what is going on in there! Parameters all good. Ph 7.2 0ppm ammonia 0ppm nitrite 78 degrees __________________ 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

05-31-2005, 06:25 AM	#3
Gracie6363 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Age: 29 Posts: 139	The fish in this tank have been in this tank for over a year. No new ones introduced. I am thinking it was just their time or something. I wonder if I maybe did something to the one that died yesterday during the vacuuming or something and just didn't realize it. Who knows. __________________ 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

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05-31-2005, 03:29 AM	#2
mlefev Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: California Age: 26 Posts: 817	It honestly sounds like some type of disease was introduced into the tank, probably by one of the fish. Temperatures that are too high for them also can cause illness. In the case of your tetra, it could have been that the fins getting picked at caused a secondary infection which killed him. I'm sure others will offer more advice, but if you see another fish acting strangely, get them out of the tank ASAP.

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