AngelFishGirl
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My brand new blue smokey eye angelfish Navy died yesterday! :'(
I guess I'm a little confused on how she died. :/
Nobody was picking on her except my Oscar who is just kinda a bully if someone gets near him and he doesn't like it he just does a little warning swim and makes them back off he never really chases anyone around or pecks at them or anything. There are 5 other angels in the tank and everyone got along wonderfully she schooled with the others almost constantly.
She was definitely not thin or frail at all she wandered off a little at times but any fish does that.
My water parameters are:
GH 120 (always been that way)
KH 240 (always been that way)
PH 8.0 (always been that way)
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 80
I am struggling with my nitrates I vacuum the gravel once every week and a half or so and yet my nitrate level has never went down. Yet none of my fish seem bothered by it.
I feed Tetra color flakes
Some tetra fin goldfish flakes about once every 3 days (just a pinch as a treat)
HIKARI freeze dried blood worms with their flakes
And peas once to twice a week
There were no markings on her body she was only dead two hours at most in the tank. I watched her and the other angels right before I went to the beach and I came back and she was dead lying flat on a decoration. Not a thing wrong with her.
No water changes have been done in at least 7 days (one is coming up before 4th of July no worries)
No knew food introduced
No new water chemicals added
No new fish introduced (last fish introduced 2 weeks ago)
No new decor or anything has been added to the tank. Only food for them to eat.
Does anyone have an idea of what happened? I had only gotten her 2-3 weeks ago and I was crying so hard I felt HORRIBLE that she died. I blamed myself and I just want to make it right so my other fish don't die.
Current inhabitants:
5x angels (about half dollar size each)
2x black mollies
10x red eye tetras
1x red tailed shark
1x female betta
2x Khuli loaches
1x Cory cat (only temporarily - I am aware they are schoolers)
2x feeder guppy fry in a breeder box
2x ghost glass catfish
15x (approx) Ghost shrimp (they come and go as angels eat them)
1x Oscar (juvenile yet - I am aware of how big they get - my other fish will get rehomed as he grows too big
My tank is a 55 gallon long
Filtered, heated, and not planted.
Thanks!
I guess I'm a little confused on how she died. :/
Nobody was picking on her except my Oscar who is just kinda a bully if someone gets near him and he doesn't like it he just does a little warning swim and makes them back off he never really chases anyone around or pecks at them or anything. There are 5 other angels in the tank and everyone got along wonderfully she schooled with the others almost constantly.
She was definitely not thin or frail at all she wandered off a little at times but any fish does that.
My water parameters are:
GH 120 (always been that way)
KH 240 (always been that way)
PH 8.0 (always been that way)
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 80
I am struggling with my nitrates I vacuum the gravel once every week and a half or so and yet my nitrate level has never went down. Yet none of my fish seem bothered by it.
I feed Tetra color flakes
Some tetra fin goldfish flakes about once every 3 days (just a pinch as a treat)
HIKARI freeze dried blood worms with their flakes
And peas once to twice a week
There were no markings on her body she was only dead two hours at most in the tank. I watched her and the other angels right before I went to the beach and I came back and she was dead lying flat on a decoration. Not a thing wrong with her.
No water changes have been done in at least 7 days (one is coming up before 4th of July no worries)
No knew food introduced
No new water chemicals added
No new fish introduced (last fish introduced 2 weeks ago)
No new decor or anything has been added to the tank. Only food for them to eat.
Does anyone have an idea of what happened? I had only gotten her 2-3 weeks ago and I was crying so hard I felt HORRIBLE that she died. I blamed myself and I just want to make it right so my other fish don't die.
Current inhabitants:
5x angels (about half dollar size each)
2x black mollies
10x red eye tetras
1x red tailed shark
1x female betta
2x Khuli loaches
1x Cory cat (only temporarily - I am aware they are schoolers)
2x feeder guppy fry in a breeder box
2x ghost glass catfish
15x (approx) Ghost shrimp (they come and go as angels eat them)
1x Oscar (juvenile yet - I am aware of how big they get - my other fish will get rehomed as he grows too big
My tank is a 55 gallon long
Filtered, heated, and not planted.
Thanks!