Sick Cardinal Tetra?

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Ok just a short update on this sick fish. I couldn't find him in the tank and spent about 5 minutes before I saw him on the bottom behind some plants and under the heater...dead. So I netted him and brought him out and I noticed he was breathing.

Don't get too excited. I put him in a bag with some tank water in it then and he perked up a little. So I put some more water in and 1 flake to see if he would eat it. He didn't. Every now and then he would perk up a little, but as soon as he would stop swimming he would go belly up.

After watching him for about 15 minutes, I decided to do the LFS suggestion and euthanize him. I wish I could have saved him, but he didn't look great in the bag. Most the time he just layed there tipped up or upside down.

Hopefully doing this will have saved my other fish...
 

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