Melissa Ann Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 (edited) So I woke up to a dead Dwarf Gourami today. Perfectly fine and healthy yesterday and for months. Unless someone can spot something here. Rasboras and Pygmy corys are fine. Water parameters good. No ammonia, no high nitrate or nitrate count. Ph 7.2. I’m literally stumped as to what happened here. And terribly sad. It was such a beautiful happy fish. Now off to treat my ichy German Ram tank from out of the blue yesterday morning. Ugh. 😔 Edited January 24, 2021 by Melissa Ann 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa Ann Posted January 24, 2021 Author Share Posted January 24, 2021 For now I’m blaming my big fat blue mystery snail. No reasoning. Just because. Lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 (edited) Mystery deaths are part of owning fish sometimes you never no what has happen Edited January 24, 2021 by Colu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirsten Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 So sorry to hear that! Do you know how old it was? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa Ann Posted January 24, 2021 Author Share Posted January 24, 2021 (edited) Thx very much. It stinks. Approximately 5-6 months old. Edited January 24, 2021 by Melissa Ann Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa Ann Posted January 24, 2021 Author Share Posted January 24, 2021 Yes I agree @Colu just so strangely sudden. Is there anything wrong here that I’m not seeming? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 Fish can die from stress heart attacks old age just like humans water conditions seem fine I would do a water change do you use water conditions when doing water changes have you tested your tap water 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa Ann Posted January 25, 2021 Author Share Posted January 25, 2021 True. Yes and my water is more on the hard side with some some nitrate unfortunately. That’s why Im constantly changing water. 😓 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Try adding some floating plants to help remove some of the nitrates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa Ann Posted January 25, 2021 Author Share Posted January 25, 2021 I have a few tiny ones. And several planted in substrate. Unfortunately, all my huge beautiful water cabbage are in the “ich” tank. What a mess. 🙁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Manifesto Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 When something like this happens to me, I try to take a second look at the whole situation. Is the heater working properly? Does the temperature dip down too low at night? The other issue Oxygen in the water, you say you have some plants in the tank and at night they can be sucking up the oxygen from the tank, do you have an airstone in the tank? Also, pH can swing at night when the lights go off as well. It might not have been any of this, but it's some 'not so' obvious stuff to check into. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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