Hey all, today i was adding my last fish to my tank and i noticed a sad sight, one of my two damsels was stuck to the powerhead intake. I took a look at his body and i dont see anything odd (tumors, ich, growths.) No bites or any body damage. He has shared his tank with his two tank mates, another damsel of the same speicies and a young pygmy angel for three months. There are 3 hermits, snails, and dusters in there as well.
Useing API test kits and a deep six hydrometer:
salt is 1.021 gravity; i have kept this steady for a while now; i do a water change ever week.
Ammonia is 0.25/0.50, but i am takeing this jump is due to how long the corpse was rotting in the water.
Nitrites, Nitrates are 0. PH is 8.0 Temp is 80f.
He eats flakes, brine, and cyclopeeze.
He and the tank mates have gotten along fine for 3 months.
It's been to suggested to me he may have been spoked/chased by the other damsel, which is possible. Maybe he got to close and couldnt overcome the flow?
I've been working nights and sleeping days, and i just now noticed the body tonight, but i'am pretty sure he was alive wendsday, at least when i got home that morning, and he was alive monday when i did my weekly waterchange. I also only see two of my hermits, which makes me wonder if maybe the third has croaked and is leading to the ammonia spike as well, as during tests i did last week i had 0 ammonia as i was supposed to.
Edit: I've located all my hermits, they are fine. And i am doing a Water change and so forth to deal with the ammonia.
Useing API test kits and a deep six hydrometer:
salt is 1.021 gravity; i have kept this steady for a while now; i do a water change ever week.
Ammonia is 0.25/0.50, but i am takeing this jump is due to how long the corpse was rotting in the water.
Nitrites, Nitrates are 0. PH is 8.0 Temp is 80f.
He eats flakes, brine, and cyclopeeze.
He and the tank mates have gotten along fine for 3 months.
It's been to suggested to me he may have been spoked/chased by the other damsel, which is possible. Maybe he got to close and couldnt overcome the flow?
I've been working nights and sleeping days, and i just now noticed the body tonight, but i'am pretty sure he was alive wendsday, at least when i got home that morning, and he was alive monday when i did my weekly waterchange. I also only see two of my hermits, which makes me wonder if maybe the third has croaked and is leading to the ammonia spike as well, as during tests i did last week i had 0 ammonia as i was supposed to.
Edit: I've located all my hermits, they are fine. And i am doing a Water change and so forth to deal with the ammonia.