Hi everyone, I'm new here but before I post in the introductions section I have a sort of emergency question about my fish.
I've had two violet gobies, a.k.a. dragon fish for about 6 weeks now. I bought them from Walmart and wasn't sure if they would even survive the night considering the conditions the store kept them in but they did and have been really healthy until last night.
For a few weeks I noticed that one of my gobies would lay on its side or upside down at the bottom of the tank. Eventually it would right itself and seemed to recover. I read that sometimes fish will behave that way if they've overeaten and are constipated so I held off on feeding it for a day until I noticed that it had produced some waste. I fed both of my gobies yesterday afternoon and they were perfectly fine and pretty active. Later in the evening though I found the one goby laying on its side at the bottom of the tank again but this time it was dead.
I've also noticed that my other goby seems to have a dark pink tinge around its gill slit, pelvic and anal fins. I'm not sure what's going on with my fish or why one of them died.
Here are my tank specs:
The tank that the surviving goby is in right now is 10 gallons. The temperature is kept around 77° F (25° C) with a salinity of 1.008. The tank is well aerated, I have a Top Fin pump with four hoses. I also use a Top Fin substrate and have been feeding my fish with frozen and freeze dried blood worms and algae pellets.
Does anyone know what could have caused one goby to die and why the other has the pink tinge to its fins? It seems healthy otherwise but I don't want it to suddenly die too. I really appreciate any feedback.
I've had two violet gobies, a.k.a. dragon fish for about 6 weeks now. I bought them from Walmart and wasn't sure if they would even survive the night considering the conditions the store kept them in but they did and have been really healthy until last night.
For a few weeks I noticed that one of my gobies would lay on its side or upside down at the bottom of the tank. Eventually it would right itself and seemed to recover. I read that sometimes fish will behave that way if they've overeaten and are constipated so I held off on feeding it for a day until I noticed that it had produced some waste. I fed both of my gobies yesterday afternoon and they were perfectly fine and pretty active. Later in the evening though I found the one goby laying on its side at the bottom of the tank again but this time it was dead.
I've also noticed that my other goby seems to have a dark pink tinge around its gill slit, pelvic and anal fins. I'm not sure what's going on with my fish or why one of them died.
Here are my tank specs:
The tank that the surviving goby is in right now is 10 gallons. The temperature is kept around 77° F (25° C) with a salinity of 1.008. The tank is well aerated, I have a Top Fin pump with four hoses. I also use a Top Fin substrate and have been feeding my fish with frozen and freeze dried blood worms and algae pellets.
Does anyone know what could have caused one goby to die and why the other has the pink tinge to its fins? It seems healthy otherwise but I don't want it to suddenly die too. I really appreciate any feedback.