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[stonedcamel]

hello........

my red tailed shark doesnt look to good, she hasnt been well for a little while but i thought she had improved over the last couple of weeks. tonight she is looking a little grey and her tail has faded again.

story from before..... her tail faded and i put it down to stress or something and only thing i could think of is ive added 2 apple snails and change the water dechlorinator, water stats are spot on and all other fish are swimming happily. ive recently changed back to the old dechlorinator with stress+ in and changed the decor around in the tank in an aid to please her.

tank stats are still spot on when checked tonight!! could it be the 2 apple snails as they have gone around the tank and cleared the bogwood and plants of algae

tank size is 260l and ive done a big water change tonight, other occupants:

1 opaline gourami
1 pearl gourami
10 neons
5 xrays
5 lemons
2 apple snails
shrimp
bn catfish
shark (of course)

 

[stonedcamel]

found her dead this morning

 

[Curiosity101]

Hey, sorry to read that

When you said spot on, what were the actual test results? (sorry but alot of people said they're 'fine' when they aren't. It's nothing personal)

Perhaps she had internal parasites or some form of infection.
Was she showing no other signs? Only loss of colour? No white stringy poop or anything else you can possibly think of?

How long was she 'ill' for?