snxtif
07-27-2018, 12:59 AM
:cry:
Hi all,
I woke up this morning and found one of my juve head standing still... for too long,
then I realized that actually he was dead!
So I scooped him out.
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- I kept this batch of 2" x 6 juveniles in BB 30g for 2 months.
- QT for a month, treated prophylactically with a dose of metro and prazi.
- Cycled media.
- 80-90% WC every day.
(not aged though, I live in a condominium with 6 tanks, the biggest is 150g,
can't age that much water in my room. But the tap quality is surprisingly ok,
pH 7.0-7.2, no NH3, NO2, NO3. No trace of chlorine. I use carbon/resin
drinking water filter.
If anything, in a sense that no apparent toxin in the water, my red cherry shrimps also use this tap water.)
- Tank NH3/NO2/NO3 = 0/0/<10 (if that's matter, since I 80-90% WC every day), pH 7.2
- Temp 84-86F. (No heater, I live in hellmouth, avg room temp 90F)
- Fed them with Hikari fry pellets (twice a day), frozen daphnia (twice a day), frozen beefheart (twice a day).
- Daily poop clean up
Judging from size at time of dead which is 3", I think I did an ok job keeping them so far?
and this guy is one of the smaller in the group (3 are quite bigger, 3 are about this size or smaller)
This is the first discus I've lost... :cry:
1. Any ideas of death causes? Judging from the body etc.
- No visible wound/trauma.
- Ate moderately. Not the biggest eater but not the least either.
- Moderate to non bully in the tank. (as far as discus standard. This guy maybe is the 4th in hierarchy rank of 6.)
- No white poop. (I didn't see this particular guy's poop though, no sign of such white stringy poop in day-to-day clean up.)
- Black color at tip of the fins was there from the start (not from color change)
- if anything, from my untrained eyes, stomach seems a bit bloated. but not sure if that's a postmortem thing
2. Linked with no.1, do I have to do anything with the rest? Like, with the tank as well.
Since I have no clue of the cause, dont want to do anything blindly.
3. There are 5 juves left. Would that effect their social behavior/hierarchy thingy?
Should I add some more?
If I should... HOW MANY? ;)
Thank you in advance! :)
Hi all,
I woke up this morning and found one of my juve head standing still... for too long,
then I realized that actually he was dead!
So I scooped him out.
117073
117074
117075
- I kept this batch of 2" x 6 juveniles in BB 30g for 2 months.
- QT for a month, treated prophylactically with a dose of metro and prazi.
- Cycled media.
- 80-90% WC every day.
(not aged though, I live in a condominium with 6 tanks, the biggest is 150g,
can't age that much water in my room. But the tap quality is surprisingly ok,
pH 7.0-7.2, no NH3, NO2, NO3. No trace of chlorine. I use carbon/resin
drinking water filter.
If anything, in a sense that no apparent toxin in the water, my red cherry shrimps also use this tap water.)
- Tank NH3/NO2/NO3 = 0/0/<10 (if that's matter, since I 80-90% WC every day), pH 7.2
- Temp 84-86F. (No heater, I live in hellmouth, avg room temp 90F)
- Fed them with Hikari fry pellets (twice a day), frozen daphnia (twice a day), frozen beefheart (twice a day).
- Daily poop clean up
Judging from size at time of dead which is 3", I think I did an ok job keeping them so far?
and this guy is one of the smaller in the group (3 are quite bigger, 3 are about this size or smaller)
This is the first discus I've lost... :cry:
1. Any ideas of death causes? Judging from the body etc.
- No visible wound/trauma.
- Ate moderately. Not the biggest eater but not the least either.
- Moderate to non bully in the tank. (as far as discus standard. This guy maybe is the 4th in hierarchy rank of 6.)
- No white poop. (I didn't see this particular guy's poop though, no sign of such white stringy poop in day-to-day clean up.)
- Black color at tip of the fins was there from the start (not from color change)
- if anything, from my untrained eyes, stomach seems a bit bloated. but not sure if that's a postmortem thing
2. Linked with no.1, do I have to do anything with the rest? Like, with the tank as well.
Since I have no clue of the cause, dont want to do anything blindly.
3. There are 5 juves left. Would that effect their social behavior/hierarchy thingy?
Should I add some more?
If I should... HOW MANY? ;)
Thank you in advance! :)