upside down catfish

[Nauplii]

Hey guys im a lil worried about my upside down catfish, i had threebut over the past year one has dissapeared and the other i saw just before it died, it came out for a day and then i found it dead.
Now usually these catfish of mine dont come out and since this one has just come out it has concered me. Since my other was plump as i call it, and it came out before she met her end i fear the same may happen to this one.

If its not that its ill i reckon maybe its because i moved my tank around (removed a bit of bogwood and a load of plants) last week and maybe it feels safe?

well anyways, i going to get her 2 more companions from my work and see how she goes but i need a lil imput


thanks for your time
vixen

 

[Fishy411]

if you havent cleaned your tank for a while and if you didnt clean deeply enough then you may have released nitrites and nitrates which can be harmful especially if its a sudden spike. check your parameters

 

[Nauplii]

no i do water changes regularly and my parameters are absolutely fine.
this happened before as i said

 

[Fishy411]

may have just been bad luck for the other two then. does the USD cat seem to be ok because they generally dont come out unless you have a LOT of them

 

[Wyld-Fyre]

Sorry to hear of your loss. I have four USDC's myself. Two for over a year now, and, touch wood, no deaths to come.

Uncovered gone-off food perhaps? USDC's scavenge. Perhaps you had unintentionally disturbed an area of degrading bio-matter, and which was subsequently consumed?

My sympathy goes out to you and yours. Hope it all works out.

 

[Nauplii]

To my regret, my upside down catfish, as i thought, died this afternoon. i found it when i got home from work after getting 3 other upside down catfish to live with it to make it happy. she was one of my fish fish and now shes gone

On the upside tho my 3 new catfish look really happy now ive added 3 new broad leaved plants, they even swim around the centre of the tank!!!!!!!! i was like

I also got my 3 tatia Perugiae too, their not as active but still nice fish.

I think after doing a water change tomoro i may go get 2 more upside downs to add to my shoal to make them feel more secure

Rest In Peace old friend.. ill miss you

 

[bunjiweb]

ooooh, someone else with tatia perugiae, beautiful fish! I have 2

Ben

 

[Nauplii]

ok i have 2 now... one died!"!?!?!?! i dont see why tho.. i think it was a male cos i looked up on sexing them and it looked like a male