Albino Bristle nose randomly dies

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ccp2007

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Hey everyone, I got an albino BN a couple of weeks ago and this morning found him belly up. I've had my aquarium set up since early January and had sand but recently switched to pea gravel because I didn't like the upkeep on sand. He was about 2" maybe a little less. He's kept in a 55g with ghost shrimp, a cherry shrimp, a dwarf puffer and 3 days ago I put a baby blood parrot in there just until it would be big enough to go with my hubby's cichlids in a different tank. The dwarf puffer has never messed with him, my puffer hasn't even bothered any of my shrimp. I was dropping algae wafers in the aquarium every day until I got tired of cleaning them up because he wouldn't eat them. I've never had a fish die in my year and a half of fish keeping. I'm stumped on why he died. Neither of the other 2 fish I have seem aggressive and he's been extremely active since the day I got him. Any suggestions on what might have happened?

R.I.P. Baxter :confused:

Mommy of 3 babies, 2 fur babies and 12 gilled babies
 
Ph 7.6, ammonia 0, nitrite 0 and nitrate was between 10 & 20. After examining poor Baxter, he had some wounds. Looks like the parrot got a hold of him :( parrot is now in a new tank with other cichlids where she belongs.

Mommy of 3 babies, 2 fur babies and 12 gilled babies
 
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