Ok, let me go back and give you guys the whole story, and see if you have any insight into what happened. I have been reading these forums for about 6 months now, but I have never posted, until I found my Oscar dead on Sunday morning.
I have a 75 gallon tank that I took 2 months to prepare in my classroom (I am a teacher). I used a couple starter fish (zebra danios) to prepare the SunSun canister filter I have, I tested the chemicals with an API test kit about once a week, and everything went great. The levels were perfect and I followed the guides on here to perfection. I had two heaters that were keeping my digital thermometer at 80 degrees exactly. Its a nice spacious tank, with one log and some rocks, a fake plant, and Carib sand at the bottom. I was able to find another home for the danios (which all lived through the cycle, btw), and off I went to my LFS a month ago and picked out a Tiger Oscar. He seemed to have a lot of energy and some great colors. He was 3 inches big. The first month I had him, he was great, he ate a lot (Hikari cichlid staple medium pellets and Omega One freeze dried shrimp) and he grew an inch (4 inches now). He was really active and my students LOVED him. On the weekends, I had an autofeeder that would feed him 3 times a day. Often times though, I would come in on the weekend and feed him. I still ran weekly chemical checks, and everything was perfect. I also was doing water changes twice a week. Not big ones, anywhere from 40%-20% so I could take some strain off the pump and pick up his poop. I also added Seachems Prime and API Aquarium Salt (not a lot) whenever I did a water change.
Friday night rolls around and I leave work, with the autofeeder ready for the next 2 days. I also did a little water change on Friday just to clean the bottom, and added some Prime.
Sunday morning I go into work to get some things done, and hes upside down in the tank with that white foamy algae/bacteria growing on him. He has white eyes, but otherwise looked ok. I checked him body and he didn't seem bloated and there wasn't anything wrong with his head.
What do you guys think happened? im pretty upset....
I attached pics of my fish, and setup (I hope they work)
I have a 75 gallon tank that I took 2 months to prepare in my classroom (I am a teacher). I used a couple starter fish (zebra danios) to prepare the SunSun canister filter I have, I tested the chemicals with an API test kit about once a week, and everything went great. The levels were perfect and I followed the guides on here to perfection. I had two heaters that were keeping my digital thermometer at 80 degrees exactly. Its a nice spacious tank, with one log and some rocks, a fake plant, and Carib sand at the bottom. I was able to find another home for the danios (which all lived through the cycle, btw), and off I went to my LFS a month ago and picked out a Tiger Oscar. He seemed to have a lot of energy and some great colors. He was 3 inches big. The first month I had him, he was great, he ate a lot (Hikari cichlid staple medium pellets and Omega One freeze dried shrimp) and he grew an inch (4 inches now). He was really active and my students LOVED him. On the weekends, I had an autofeeder that would feed him 3 times a day. Often times though, I would come in on the weekend and feed him. I still ran weekly chemical checks, and everything was perfect. I also was doing water changes twice a week. Not big ones, anywhere from 40%-20% so I could take some strain off the pump and pick up his poop. I also added Seachems Prime and API Aquarium Salt (not a lot) whenever I did a water change.
Friday night rolls around and I leave work, with the autofeeder ready for the next 2 days. I also did a little water change on Friday just to clean the bottom, and added some Prime.
Sunday morning I go into work to get some things done, and hes upside down in the tank with that white foamy algae/bacteria growing on him. He has white eyes, but otherwise looked ok. I checked him body and he didn't seem bloated and there wasn't anything wrong with his head.
What do you guys think happened? im pretty upset....
I attached pics of my fish, and setup (I hope they work)