So Devastated Its Unreal !

[XFiSh_CichildX]

so hey there well some or you may know that i love my bristlenose and enjoy raising there fry but yesterday i came home to find my albino female pointing up but still on the bottom of the sand if that makes sense... she was dead and her stomach was really swollen i was really upset over this my dad has had her for 5years and i have had her for about 2years and i was so upset over this done a big water change then came home today to find another albino female which was bought with the other one ! she was found dead the same way ? does anyone know what would of caused this or was it just there time to go ? i have a longfin albino and a normal female left and a normal male that i cant find anywhere i just hope he isnt dead !!!! im so annoyed at myself i did everything to get these healthy from there diet to water conditions... and there dead if i find my male dead i think i will give it a break for a while on the bristlenose and get rid of my other two im not to sure !! hopefully he will be alive and just in his cave or something !

 

[pablothebetta]

So sorry to hear what happened! Could any harmful chemicals/toxins have found their way into the tank in any way, eg tapwater from w/c, etc?

 

[XFiSh_CichildX]

i make sure all the water is dechlorinated i really dont understand what has happened

 

[tribalbrit]

Sorry to hear your bad news mate, hope you can sort it out soon. Good luck!

 

[XFiSh_CichildX]

Sorry to hear your bad news mate, hope you can sort it out soon. Good luck!

thanks i really hope i sort it out soon too chum !

 

[bristlenoseitplecoman]

I am almost sure that your male BN pleco will be fine. Mine always disappears and then comes back. Albino animals are known to have shorter lives and maybe they are a little weaker too. I remember when I got my BN pleco. He was so small and had no bristles. At that time I didn't know the basics of fishkeeping so I didn't cycle. I got him and 3 neons. The three neon died the next day but my BN pleco was fine. I found out that I had alot of ammonia in my tank and the BN pleco kept going up for air so that meant that I didn't have alot of oxygen in my tank. I was amazed at how tough he was to survive all that. BN plecos are the toughest fish on earth.