**fair warning, dead fish pictures below** I ment to mention that in the headline but forgot.
I’ve lost two of these guys this year. Both times their bellies look bloated, but that maybe just because I don’t find them till morning. The first one I lost was months ago so I don’t believe the deaths are related to an illness. But I do wonder if my terrors could be to blame, or if these are eggy females that have gone septic?
This time I looked the little guy over and saw what looks like bleeding under the scales.

This is the other side.
Any ideas what could have caused the random death?
I’ll check the water levels before I do their water change. Nothing new has been added, everyone else is doing great. The only change in the tank is that there are nearly 50 gt fry plus both female terrors have wigglers again. That’s what makes me think this could have been from my large female being protective. If that’s the case I’m not worried about the rest. But if this is because I’m losing eggy females is there anything I can do?
I’ve lost two of these guys this year. Both times their bellies look bloated, but that maybe just because I don’t find them till morning. The first one I lost was months ago so I don’t believe the deaths are related to an illness. But I do wonder if my terrors could be to blame, or if these are eggy females that have gone septic?
This time I looked the little guy over and saw what looks like bleeding under the scales.

This is the other side.

Any ideas what could have caused the random death?
I’ll check the water levels before I do their water change. Nothing new has been added, everyone else is doing great. The only change in the tank is that there are nearly 50 gt fry plus both female terrors have wigglers again. That’s what makes me think this could have been from my large female being protective. If that’s the case I’m not worried about the rest. But if this is because I’m losing eggy females is there anything I can do?