rockeyemma19
Aquarium Advice Newbie
I found my Koran Angelfish dead on the bottom of my tank last night. She had been swimming around 3 hours before, and I had hand fed her earlier that day. Nothing seemed unusual or out of place leading up to her death, it appeared to be completely random. Tonight, I came home from work to find my sea betta floating at the surface on his side with a clear bubble coming out of the bottom of his abdomen. I also noticed that one of my mollies had disappeared, and I assume the sea better ate it. I have a 24 gallon nano cube with only the sea betta, angelfish, and 2 mollies that were left over from cycling the tank. I was keeping the angel and betta for my friend temporarily as he sets up his 75 gallon, and had housed them for 2-3 weeks before they died. They were perfectly healthy leading up to the death. The tank is well established, but had experienced a total wipe out in September when the power went out when I wasn't home to fix it. The angel and betta were the first fish introduced after the mollies, who had been in the tank by themselves previously for over a month.
Temperature: 76 degrees
Salinity: 1.2-1.3 (haven't checked in a month, have done 1 water change since the wipe out)
pH: 8.0
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: .8
I have no idea what could have happened. I wonder if the sea betta died from impaction after eating the molly, but that doesn't seem likely. I have never seen a bubble come out of a fish that way. It appeared as though it was coming out of his abdomen. Another possibility could have been starvation, because I was unaware of their feeding routine and had been giving them Angelfish Formula One frozen cubes and Omega One flakes on alternating days of the week. I have no idea what happened to the Koran Angelfish. My heart is broken over this loss, especially following the wipe out.
Temperature: 76 degrees
Salinity: 1.2-1.3 (haven't checked in a month, have done 1 water change since the wipe out)
pH: 8.0
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: .8
I have no idea what could have happened. I wonder if the sea betta died from impaction after eating the molly, but that doesn't seem likely. I have never seen a bubble come out of a fish that way. It appeared as though it was coming out of his abdomen. Another possibility could have been starvation, because I was unaware of their feeding routine and had been giving them Angelfish Formula One frozen cubes and Omega One flakes on alternating days of the week. I have no idea what happened to the Koran Angelfish. My heart is broken over this loss, especially following the wipe out.