Ive had 2 fish die recently. First a jubevile sparkling gourami and just then 1 black neon tetra. Sorry if this is a bit long but ill be very detailed.
Both seemed healthy and there are no signs of any disease in my tank. Ammonia is 0, and the nitrates are 25mg/L. Also the behaviour of both fishes seemed normal.
t3/4 days ago I found the gourami dead in the corner of the tank on the substrate. Topnight the black neon tetra had been eating greedily like normal when I fed it half an hour ago. When i checked 15 mins later, it was dead in the smae spot as the passed gourami.
Prior tank observations:
About a week ago I introduced the 3 (one inch big) sparkling gouramis. two of them became increasingly confident and soon took to swimming in the front of the tank. The smallest gourami seemed to be chase by the other two. This is the one that died. When I saw it my dwarf loaches were checking it out
After this i noticed the two remaing gouramis occasionaly chasing the tetras (glolight and black neon) and the rainbowfish, even tho the rainbowfish are much bigger than them. i found the black neon dead and noticed a couple patches without colouratin on its body. Maybe these areas are patches where the scales are gone? I didnt notice these patches there during the day and i didnt notice them when I watched them eat.
Do you think the gouramis have killed my fish? Or something else?
thanks for taking the time to read this.
Both seemed healthy and there are no signs of any disease in my tank. Ammonia is 0, and the nitrates are 25mg/L. Also the behaviour of both fishes seemed normal.
t3/4 days ago I found the gourami dead in the corner of the tank on the substrate. Topnight the black neon tetra had been eating greedily like normal when I fed it half an hour ago. When i checked 15 mins later, it was dead in the smae spot as the passed gourami.
Prior tank observations:
About a week ago I introduced the 3 (one inch big) sparkling gouramis. two of them became increasingly confident and soon took to swimming in the front of the tank. The smallest gourami seemed to be chase by the other two. This is the one that died. When I saw it my dwarf loaches were checking it out
After this i noticed the two remaing gouramis occasionaly chasing the tetras (glolight and black neon) and the rainbowfish, even tho the rainbowfish are much bigger than them. i found the black neon dead and noticed a couple patches without colouratin on its body. Maybe these areas are patches where the scales are gone? I didnt notice these patches there during the day and i didnt notice them when I watched them eat.
Do you think the gouramis have killed my fish? Or something else?
thanks for taking the time to read this.
