Bad News...

[Hoyo12]

Well, I took the Paco out of the 60-Gallon and put him in the Cichlid Tank to see how he would do with fish his size (Didn't work out, got beat up pretty bad), and in that process he must of pushed a rock in the tank. Now i checked last night before I went to bed to see if everyone was alright, and I saw two glowing eyes (Used a light from my camera) and they were not moving. I quickly moved the rocks, but it was to late. The African Knife fish was dead...
So, I hope to get another soon... we are leaving to our LFS today to give them our RB Pacu, and not because of his size, but because of his aggression. I can't put anything into the tank without it getting harassed by the Pacu, and most of the time dying. Things just seem to be going my way lately...

 

[benzjamin13]

Sorry for your loss

 

[ceejaye23]

sorry to hear about your loss.
i know the feeling. it sucks.
hopefully you'll get another african knife soon.

 

[Hoyo12]

Thanks.
I do have to pictures, and by the looks of it the spine is somewhat bent from the position the African Knife was in after the rocks had fallen.
Right now I have to go catch a stressed Pacu.

 

[Hoyo12]

Alright, the RB Pacu was dropped off at our LFS. A bit sad, but it was the only thing we could do. He was into a tank with Black Pacu, but we were wtold that they will most likely not sell for awhile, seems how no one wants a Pacu.
Here are some pics of the Dead African Knife. Almost in perfect condition. (Bit fins from the other fish that found him dead)
http://g.imageshack.us/img197/img0343w.jpg/1/
http://g.imageshack.us/img339/img0344w.jpg/1/

 

[nubz]

ouch...

 

[Hoyo12]

Ya, I don't think I have ever heard of a fish dying, because a rock had landed on it...

 

[mike_sema]

man that sucks

 

[gigas12]

Hi,sorry for your loss.

 

[Hoyo12]

Thanks guys.
Call me crazy, but the BGK seems a little... out of it. Not as active as he was before. (He would constantly swim along with the African Knife, and now that the African Knife is gone, he just sits around all day on the bottom until feeding time) Is it possible for a fish to have a "friend"? I know that the two Eclispe Catfish follow each other around the tank non-stop, side by side, but that seems normal with catfish. Never heard of it with two different species of Knife.