Aussie_Dog
Fish Fanatic
Okay, it may not have been last night; it might have been the night before. All yesterday, my wisdom teeth were KILLING me, and none of the painkillers were kicking in. So basically I kept the tank lights off and just tried to die in bed. I didn't check in on them that morning, so the last I saw them was the night before. Today, I felt soooooo much better, until I turned the lights on and found only one Clown swimming around (I have 3). I quickly found one, stuck to the intake tube of the filter. I turned the filter off and the body drifted away, and I knew it was dead, not just stuck. It was the smallest and, what appeared to be, the weakest of the three Clowns (I refer to them as The Big Pig, The Little Guy, and The Little Guy With Spot). It was The Little Guy who died. I thought at first that maybe he got stuck to the filter and since he didn't get rescued for over 24 hours, he succumbed, but I've heard that it's a big possibility for fish to die and THEN get sucked into the filter, so that's what I'm thinking right now. I'm just bummed. First I sucked my precious Betta, Sweeney, into the siphon (I took the big part off so it was just the tube, and I underestimated the power of the suction, and Sweeney SWOOPED in and got his head stuck. I panicked so bad, and basically blew as hard as I could on the other end of the tube until Sweeney was blown free, then watched him swim to a corner and lay on his side. I thought I'd killed him, but he was just in shock and now he's back to his normal self). I still get sick thinking of that. But now I've lost a Clown. I know fish deaths are just a part of life in fishkeeping, but I just wasn't expecting it. Maybe if he'd been sick for a while... Now I'm keeping a close eye on the other two to make sure they're all right. The Big Pig hoards food, so I wonder if The Little Guy starved to death, so now I'm going to make sure The Little Guy With Spot is getting food too. He is thin, but that's compared to The Big Pig.
They're in a 60gal sandy tank with 4 YoYo Loaches, and all the water parameters are fine. They get sinking wafers, bloodworms, and brine shrimp (both frozen) pretty much in equal servings (I'll do wafers one day, bloodworms the next, wafers again, brine shrimp, wafers, bloodworms, and so on and so forth). I did a watch change a couple of days ago and ran out of my usual water conditioner (API stuff) so I had to use a TetraSafe sampler that came with one of the 5gal tanks I bought (the sampler conditions "up to 30 gallons"). Can switching water conditioner brands shock a fish? I don't really think so, but I wonder.
So, yeah... Not really asking for any advice, just recording down another experience as a newbie in fishkeeping. This is actually the first "pet" I've ever lost through death, at least that I've seen (cats have disappeared back when we let them be indoor-outdoor kitties, but we've never seen their dead bodies)
They're in a 60gal sandy tank with 4 YoYo Loaches, and all the water parameters are fine. They get sinking wafers, bloodworms, and brine shrimp (both frozen) pretty much in equal servings (I'll do wafers one day, bloodworms the next, wafers again, brine shrimp, wafers, bloodworms, and so on and so forth). I did a watch change a couple of days ago and ran out of my usual water conditioner (API stuff) so I had to use a TetraSafe sampler that came with one of the 5gal tanks I bought (the sampler conditions "up to 30 gallons"). Can switching water conditioner brands shock a fish? I don't really think so, but I wonder.
So, yeah... Not really asking for any advice, just recording down another experience as a newbie in fishkeeping. This is actually the first "pet" I've ever lost through death, at least that I've seen (cats have disappeared back when we let them be indoor-outdoor kitties, but we've never seen their dead bodies)
( sad but cant help it) & hate doing it but would rather put myself through it than have a little creature suffering even longer.
