bad two days for me....

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michael

michael

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Well yesterday morning I woke up to my 18" tropical gar had died, broke its back 10 days before and overnight he left me :( now this morning my growout tank with my cuban gars....10-11" cuban gar dead... WTF its part of the game I know but damn.... I must have been due cause its been over two years since I lost a fish. Wll these guys will be missed dearly RIP my gar collection still sits at like 12 though :)
 
michael;1981834; said:
Well yesterday morning I woke up to my 18" tropical gar had died, broke its back 10 days before and overnight he left me :( now this morning my growout tank with my cuban gars....10-11" cuban gar dead... WTF its part of the game I know but damn.... I must have been due cause its been over two years since I lost a fish. Wll these guys will be missed dearly RIP my gar collection still sits at like 12 though :)
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Sorry to hear this..
Any theories on what occured with the Cuban Gar?
 
no idea but it was acting funny the 3 days before, like shaking its head randonly and was very wobbly when swimming. There are 2 other cubans as well as a trop and longnose in there with no probs so....? checked the marameters and perfect.
 
michael;1981877; said:
no idea but it was acting funny the 3 days before, like shaking its head randonly and was very wobbly when swimming. There are 2 other cubans as well as a trop and longnose in there with no probs so....? checked the marameters and perfect.
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sounds like the Cuban may have injured itself by hitting against something as well...i have had Cubans do this (large ones) and they went through these seizure like symptoms for several days before they actually died. this could theoretically happen with any gar, but i have noticed Cubans are quite sensitive with these things.

you said you checked your water parameters, what is your current pH? this is often overlooked with water parameters (as we often check nitrogen based compounds), but important with gars, especially Cubans. either way, sorry for your losses, i can definitely sympathize with losing those fishes--
--solomon
 
sorry Man! We all know it happens, but it is always awfull.
 
ph is constant 7.0
 
that sucks michael....
 
Sorry to hear that man! I think my shortnose is on its way out...but that's a different story. It always sux to lose fish.
 
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