Fish Death

[GRINNER.]

Hello!

We were just sat there in the front room when we herd an odd popping sound.
Then we saw my Red Tail Black Shark was swimming irraticly upside down and then went pale and died all within a minute.

Anybody know what this would have been?

Any help or info would be great!

 

[This Old Spouse]

Check your heater??

 

[scaeriefaerie666]

sounds like one of your pieces of equiptment has fused and electrocuted him
xxx

 

[This Old Spouse]

That's what I'm saying.

 

[mattbleasby]

I agree. The only thing i can think of is electricity!!! Check your equip!

 

[Tizer]

Put your hand in the tank, if you start to body pop then you know what the problem is. :>

 

[micko]

Any ideas whether it was the heater or not?

 

[bae1994]

heater would be my guess

 

[GRINNER.]

Thats what we were thinking. We've changed the fuse and are keeping an eye on it. But it all seems to be working ok.

But the rest of the fish are fine, you'd think they'ed all suffer?

 

[scaeriefaerie666]

not necessarily. Electricity and water are a famously unpredictable mix. If he somehow took most or all of the shock then theres a chance it would just have been him... its hard to say. I'd certainly replace the heater or filter rather than just replacing the fuse though - or get them tested. Its impossible to say what would happen if it did it again.
Sorry for your loss
xxx

 

[mattbleasby]

I would get these tested deffinatly In the mean time id replace them until you did get a test.

Its a shame when these things happen, We care so much for them, but sometimes its out of our hands.

 

[CJ_Snooze]

Hi, i'm a newbie to fish keeping however, I too heard a popping noise/ more like an air bubble noise late one evening and when I checked my fishtank my sick Betta had taken a nose dive and died. When I checked with our local aquatic store as I replaced filter, air pump, heater etc (at quite a cost as we have 180 litre tank) I was told that some fish do release all the air in their body prior to passing over, hence the noise. I don't know if this is true or not, but .. another input.

 

[scaeriefaerie666]

Hi, i'm a newbie to fish keeping however, I too heard a popping noise/ more like an air bubble noise late one evening and when I checked my fishtank my sick Betta had taken a nose dive and died. When I checked with our local aquatic store as I replaced filter, air pump, heater etc (at quite a cost as we have 180 litre tank) I was told that some fish do release all the air in their body prior to passing over, hence the noise. I don't know if this is true or not, but .. another input.

That may have been more exclusive to the betta as they're labyrinth fish and actually breathe air... but i've never heard that before so i don't know!
xxx