I'm An Idiot

[cheesy feet]

####, I just managed to kill my biggest bocourti by overfeeding Saw them gasping at the surface then when I went to them they swam away, thought a WC could last an hour then an hour later I spotted the 4 1/2" one floating upsidedown with gills flared and mouth locked open wide.Found some peas were left over from the day before (saw a few munch on them and thought they'd be gone) and a few leftover flakes..The others were stressed but were still swimming and alert.
Last time i'll ever make a judgement, was developing a real nice red tinge to the fins and a blue sheen, 1 1/2" bigger than any of the others.
:stupid:

 

[kubora666]

####, I just managed to kill my biggest bocourti by overfeeding Saw them gasping at the surface then when I went to them they swam away, thought a WC could last an hour then an hour later I spotted the 4 1/2" one floating upsidedown with gills flared and mouth locked open wide.Found some peas were left over from the day before (saw a few munch on them and thought they'd be gone) and a few leftover flakes..The others were stressed but were still swimming and alert.
Last time i'll ever make a judgement, was developing a real nice red tinge to the fins and a blue sheen, 1 1/2" bigger than any of the others.
:stupid:

thats a real shame they are beauitful fish. its okay we all make this mistake at some time or another, its just live and learn now.
he was only nicer coloured cause he was the bigger dominant one, now hes gone another will take his palce at the top of the food chain.

 

[cheesy feet]

####, I just managed to kill my biggest bocourti by overfeeding Saw them gasping at the surface then when I went to them they swam away, thought a WC could last an hour then an hour later I spotted the 4 1/2" one floating upsidedown with gills flared and mouth locked open wide.Found some peas were left over from the day before (saw a few munch on them and thought they'd be gone) and a few leftover flakes..The others were stressed but were still swimming and alert.
Last time i'll ever make a judgement, was developing a real nice red tinge to the fins and a blue sheen, 1 1/2" bigger than any of the others.
:stupid:

thats a real shame they are beauitful fish. its okay we all make this mistake at some time or another, its just live and learn now.
he was only nicer coloured cause he was the bigger dominant one, now hes gone another will take his palce at the top of the food chain.

Yeh I guess so, they were all supposed to be around 2" but I got him with them, and he began to beef up.

 

[Jim Curtis]

You seriously think a few peas killed your biggest fish that quickly?

 

[SharonCC]

I was wondering about that too?

 

[cheesy feet]

Yup, I fed them in the morning before school so it was a good day 1/2 they were in, and when I swooshed the substrate quite a bit of gunk came up.What killed it is a lack of oxygen though, caused by the crap.

 

[Jim Curtis]

Wouldnt all the fish have died then? That makes no sense. Why would that cause a lack of oxygen? no... It was something else.

 

[jwddboy]

I agree.
You would have noticed changes for a while if it was a lack of oxygen. Fish (especially larger healthy ones) can actually survive a high amount of ammonia and low amount of oxygen for a while - it just isnt good for them in the long term.

1/2 a day will not do it.

If you had been constantly overfeeding and not doing water changes for weeks then maybe but it wouldnt be a case of just a mistake from one day.

What are your water param?

 

[cheesy feet]

No it wasn't..
All of them were at the surface, as I said.
My water param are fine I know how to care for fish.
As a day (&) 1/2 and yes it can cause ammonia spike-lack of oxygen in that time, think about when children over feed.
I had been doing water changes everyday/second day for 4 1/2 weeks since I could not get any cycled media, I left the tank for 4 days and Amo, Nitrite, Nitrate all stable.
So bearing in mind it was a newly cycled tank IT WAS the food.
The fish that died had his jaw locked and gills raised, this can also happen to kribs when in transport/stress, so basically he suffocated.
I can't be asked to get in a debate...Lol

 

[kribensis12]

Im sorry cheesy, such a shame.