Dead female pearl

[lnelms2]

I came home to this today


She's in 180g. Tankmates are 3 silver dollars, 3 peacock bass, and a male pearl ray. All the other fish are fine and just as hungry as usual. I did a water change last night, I normally do 40-50% every 3-4 days. She's never been as active as the male, she tends to stay on one side of the tank. Eats fine but not as much or as aggressively as the male.



I have no idea what could've caused this.

 

[kno4te]

Sorry for the loss.

 

[Tobiassorensen]

Sorry for your loss. Is it the picture thats fooling me or does she have and cut right across her belly?

 

[lnelms2]

Sorry for your loss. Is it the picture thats fooling me or does she have and cut right across her belly?

That's what I thought after looking at the picture too. I looked at her again and it's just the angle.

 

[moosemj]

So sorry to hear...

 

[Tobiassorensen]

That's what I thought after looking at the picture too. I looked at her again and it's just the angle.

Ahh. Could she have been stressed for a long time? Stress can kill small pups. Hows your water parameters? Ammonia nitrite and nitrate? Ph? Any change in her behavior recent? Sunken in head? Skinny?

 

[lnelms2]

Ammonia and Nitrite 0, Nitrate never exceeds 40ppm, pH.7.0. She didn't swim around a lot which I guess could've been stress. She ate but not a lot, her brother would eat 2-3x as much as her. She was skinny but you couldn't see her "hip bones" head wasn't sunken in.

 

[lnelms2]

Tank is barebottom with no decorations so Idk what could've cause the injury or the blood either...

 

[Tobiassorensen]

How big is the peacocks? Could they have tried to take a snack? Im thinking something internal since there is blood coming out of its gills.

JK47 whats your thoughts on this?

 

[lnelms2]

How big is the peacocks? Could they have tried to take a snack? Im thinking something internal since there is blood coming out of its gills.

JK47 whats your thoughts on this?

Peacocks are 4-6", not big at all