Dead pbass, any ideas?

[Slippery K]

Hey everyone. Today I woke up to find my pbass at the bottom of the tank belly up, mouth wide open not breathing at all (asume he died shortly before I woke up for work). Water params are perfect, but with soft water. The only thing I could see wrong was a chunk of his gills missing, is this what caused my fish to randomly die overnight? Hes always been healthy with bright colours, until i found him dead. Any thoughts?

 

[itsKRUDD]

Can pbass be effected by gill curl?? Almost looks like it but I'm nt really sure... I'm also unsure if that can kill them.

What's your tank mates and water change schedule?


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[Slippery K]

He was solo in a 40gal cube tank. Did about 35% waterchanges every 3-4 days. Ate talapia and shrimp.

 

[kendragon]

Fish that die with their gills widely flared are thought to have died of Nitrite induced "met-hemoglobin-emia". The nitrite binds fish red blood cells causing gasping. Gills look fine even with a chuck missing.

 

[Houdini89]

Lock-Jaw

 

[HyPHyISM42o]

wow sorry for your loss i Just lost 2 of mine yesterday.

 

[Slippery K]

Lock-Jaw

I doubt it was lock-jaw as he was alive and acting normal before I went to sleep. Woke up for work, looked in the tank and found him exactly as he was in the pics I posted. As for the nitrite thing kendragon posted, i have a pretty good routine when it comes to maintenance and water changes. I tested the water after work, and all showed up normal but with soft water (normal for my house).