Hey guys,
Looking for help here on what may have caused the issue. I bought an Adonis from LFS this Saturday. Did a 30% water change and treated tank to make sure all levels were good before introducing the Adonis. Have a 50G tank that houses 5 ghost shrimp and one 12" sailfin pleco (gibbiceps). The gibbiceps stays in my koi pond out back during the summer but comes in for the winter each year.
Adonis looked healthy when picking up from LFS. Two days later he was floating around sideways and upside down, had one burst of energy where he shot around a bit and then bit the dust. I introduced him to the tank over about an hour of slowly adding water from the tank into his holding bag while floating on top of the tank (normal process I do when transporting my koi, other pleco etc...)
After I pulled him out I tested water again and all parameters are good (nitrate,nitrites, chlorine, etc...). Even went and bought a different ammonia testing kit just to make sure and came back at 0 ppm as well.
I did notice his belly looked a little swollen. You can see that in the uploaded photo as well as my gibbiceps just chilling in the tank. Any advice or ideas you guys have to offer will help as I'm planning on going back to my LFS this weekend to try and exchange and want to be as well informed as possible, because right now I can't figure out if I did something on my end that would have caused this. Thanks guys and gals.
Looking for help here on what may have caused the issue. I bought an Adonis from LFS this Saturday. Did a 30% water change and treated tank to make sure all levels were good before introducing the Adonis. Have a 50G tank that houses 5 ghost shrimp and one 12" sailfin pleco (gibbiceps). The gibbiceps stays in my koi pond out back during the summer but comes in for the winter each year.
Adonis looked healthy when picking up from LFS. Two days later he was floating around sideways and upside down, had one burst of energy where he shot around a bit and then bit the dust. I introduced him to the tank over about an hour of slowly adding water from the tank into his holding bag while floating on top of the tank (normal process I do when transporting my koi, other pleco etc...)
After I pulled him out I tested water again and all parameters are good (nitrate,nitrites, chlorine, etc...). Even went and bought a different ammonia testing kit just to make sure and came back at 0 ppm as well.
I did notice his belly looked a little swollen. You can see that in the uploaded photo as well as my gibbiceps just chilling in the tank. Any advice or ideas you guys have to offer will help as I'm planning on going back to my LFS this weekend to try and exchange and want to be as well informed as possible, because right now I can't figure out if I did something on my end that would have caused this. Thanks guys and gals.
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