As i was doing my water change today on my 46 Gallon, I noticed something strange. I saw one of my Blue Rams had lodged itself into the roots of a Water Sprite. I feared the worst, thinking it died and got it out of the roots. To my horror i saw that its body was bent into a U-shape and it was still alive!
I managed to scoop it into a net, where it was struggling to swim but was unable to. I'm not sure what to make of it, since none of my other fish have died this way. I dont see anything else possibly wrong with the other fish. I doubt the little guy is going to make it, and im probably going to put him down very soon. But I'd like to know what happened.
Could this be another disease (i havent introduced fish into the tank in about 2 months, and no recent deaths), or he just got lodged in the roots and broke himself trying to get free?
Paramaters - Ammonia and Nirite 0; Nitrates at about 5 ppm. PH 7.2
I managed to scoop it into a net, where it was struggling to swim but was unable to. I'm not sure what to make of it, since none of my other fish have died this way. I dont see anything else possibly wrong with the other fish. I doubt the little guy is going to make it, and im probably going to put him down very soon. But I'd like to know what happened.
Could this be another disease (i havent introduced fish into the tank in about 2 months, and no recent deaths), or he just got lodged in the roots and broke himself trying to get free?
Paramaters - Ammonia and Nirite 0; Nitrates at about 5 ppm. PH 7.2
