jude Posted June 9, 2005 Report Share Posted June 9, 2005 I have (had) lots of BN's in my heavily planted tank. There are also golden barbs, Buenos Aries barbs, a couple of black widow tetras, several SAE's, 5 tiny angel fish, 2 bronze cories and 2 pepper corys 1 female siamese fighter 2 gold gouramies 1 blue gourami several pearl gouramies 1 yoyo loach 1 queen loach 2 bolivian rams The tank looks healthy, all the fish look healthy, it gets a small water change weekly - perhaps 15-20% The BN's wouldn't be more than a year old. Over the last three weeks I have lost 3 BN's - usually I don't find them until they've been dead a while so its imposible to tell if there was anything wrong with them but they looked fine until they croaked. PH is OK. Tank is well cycled but I don't have any other test kits and don't intend to get them either. The only thing I have been doing that's different is giving them courgette. Is it possible for them to overfeed? I usually don't remove it because in 2-3 days they chomp through the whole thing including the skin. Could they be getting a tummy ache from eating it when its too old? Any suggestions gratefully received Cheers Jude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PENEJANE Posted June 9, 2005 Report Share Posted June 9, 2005 I have 1 b/n in my 90 ltr tank and was feeding it cucumber but it didn't take to that very well so I switched to courgette and it loves it. I leave one piece in there (1cm slice cut in half again) and it will be totaly gone in just under 2 days then I wait a day and give it another piece. I haven't lost it yet and it seems to still be swimming about the tank fine. The only time I see it during the day is when it comes out for a feed then it dissapears again in its rock cave. I wouldn't of thought it would give them a tummy ache. Maybe there is something else in the tank?? :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jude Posted June 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2005 well I was only half kidding about the tummy ache, but I'm mystified about why its happening now. Problem is, the tank is so heavily planted its a bit hard to see whats going on in there. Could be a gang of assassin fish lurking in the alleys for all I know :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Cheers Jude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo1 Posted June 10, 2005 Report Share Posted June 10, 2005 It happens to us from time to time and I would love to know why. Just the odd tank where they just don't survive and it is not a lack of food. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jude Posted June 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2005 It must be those assassin fish :lol: :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted June 15, 2005 Report Share Posted June 15, 2005 If they keep kicking the bucket then I would suggest the simplest solution would be to remove the bucket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jude Posted June 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2005 Wish you'd suggested that earlier Caryl. I've removed the bucket and as an extra precaution I've wrapped their feet in cottonwool. Will let you know if it works :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Jude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jude Posted June 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2005 Wish you'd suggested that earlier Caryl. I've removed the bucket and as an extra precaution I've wrapped their feet in cottonwool. Will let you know if it works :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Jude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo1 Posted June 16, 2005 Report Share Posted June 16, 2005 Steve has commented that they appear to like their tanks quite clean(apart from algae). We cleaned out the B/Nose baby tank this morning and do it weekly. They are always more active and happy after a gravel vac. We also feed courgette but they leave the skin which we remove after a couple of days. Went to one tank yesterday and the two we had in it had died again! We had done a gravel vac two weeks ago and plan to do it again next week to see if it helps. These mysterious deaths are really annoying even though it is only a couple of tanks out of heaps I would really like to know why. And Caryl - No Buckets in our tanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowman Posted June 16, 2005 Report Share Posted June 16, 2005 I have had over a dozen spawns from my GBA and doing bi-daily water changes was loosing about 60% of the fry, with a weekly water change and surface gravel vac i may loose 1 fry if any. They like reasonably clean water but not to clean. Be weary of leaving the Courgette in to long as it there seems to be quite a bit of juice leaches out, i was told by Kim at Pupuke Aquariums no longer than 24 hrs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted June 16, 2005 Report Share Posted June 16, 2005 "The two we had in it died again" ??? I didn't know fish could die more than once. :lol: Baby BNs seem to be very sensitive and sometimes will die for no apparent reason, even though conditions seem to be good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wok Posted June 16, 2005 Report Share Posted June 16, 2005 Some people would call a B/N a Catfish... so Nine Lives... hence the B/N should have at least another 7 lives to go... lol :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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