CatBrat Posted May 4, 2004 Report Share Posted May 4, 2004 I got home from school last night to find that one of my new Black Eyed Yellow Bristle-noses was dead . Two of them (both males) have been in a tank by themselves for about two weeks. It was the biggest of them that has died. Heres a couple of pic's - What do you think caused this? Cheers, CatBrat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris.L Posted May 4, 2004 Report Share Posted May 4, 2004 That looks NASTY! I can't help, but I'm so sorry for your loss. He looked to be a very nice specimen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kim Posted May 4, 2004 Report Share Posted May 4, 2004 sorry to hear that mate its sad when a fish dies, looking at the fish it looks like it wasnt eating its thin in the tummy and the black doesnt look good and you put a new food in the tank? what other fish are in the tank? has the fish been bullied buy other plecos? are you feeding it meat? have you put anything new in the tank like new wood? i lost a zebra by putting drift wood in my tank, i didnt wash it well enough when i put the wood in and i paid the price. so think hard oh and whats your ph? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatBrat Posted May 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2004 Hi Kim, I don't think that it was that thin, the last time I saw it on the front glass it had a nice rounded belly (3-4 days before it died). What ever it had seems to of eaten the gut area away (it had gone through the skinand had a large hole in its stomach), it looked horrible. I have been feeding them flake food (which they deffinatly ate), bloodworms, brine shrimp, peas and zucchini. The only other fish in the tank was a smaller male Black Eyed Yellow Bristlenose. The two of them just left each other alone. I'm did not feed them meat (am I supposed to?). The only decorations in the tank was the wood and it had already been in there before the Black Eyes (the tank had regular Bristlenoses in there first). I think theat the pH was about 6.5. I hope this helps. Cheers, CatBrat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kim Posted May 5, 2004 Report Share Posted May 5, 2004 ok round tummy can be two things , as you said over eatting but most times its poor diet, dont feed them meat! - so its good you didnt. they need wood so thats good you have it in the tank, if you dont have wood in your tanks feed them jbl pleco chips as they have 10% woodfiber. did you shell the pea's ? do you leave the zucchini in the tank for more than 24hrs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted May 5, 2004 Report Share Posted May 5, 2004 When I said it had a rounded belly, I didn't mean a round tummy as in bloted, I ment that it was not sunk inwards, ie not unhealthy. Sorry for the miscommunication :oops:. I did shell the pea's and also I removed the zucchini when it first started to go soft, so around 24hrs. Cheers, CatBrat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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