demasoni problem

[catman]

I have a demasoni that is on his side and breathing heavy. I have had one have this problem previously but he ended up dying. I would appreciate any help.

 

[Lupin]

Could you please provide some info by answering the questions below?

1. What is the size of your tank?

2. What are your water parameters? State the brand of test kit used.

3. Is your aquarium set up freshwater or brackish water?

4. How long the aquarium has been set up?

5. What fish do you have? How many are in your tank? How big are they? How long have you had them?

6. Were the fish placed under quarantine period (minus the first batch from the point wherein the tank is ready to accommodate the inhabitants)?

7. What temperature is the tank water currently?

8. Are there live plants in the aquarium?

9. What filter are you using? State brand, maintenance routine and power capacity.

10. Any other equipment used (aside from heater and filter which are two very important components of the tank)?

11. Does your aquarium receive natural sunlight at any given part of the day? What is your lighting schedule (assuming you do not rely on sunlight for our viewing pleasure)?

12. When did you perform your last water change and how much water was changed? How often do you change your water? Do you vacuum the substrate?

13. What foods do you provide your fish? What is the feeding schedule?

14. What unusual signs have you observed in your fish?

15. Have you treated your fish ahead of diagnosis? If so, what treatments did you use? State your reasons for planning ahead of proper diagnosis.

 

[catman]

Nitrate= 15ppm
nitrite= 0ppm
ph= 7.6

He is in a 29 gallon tank with 4 other demasoni. He had no signs of abuse. He has died but would like to know if this would happen to another one? He is less than 2 inches along with his tank mates. The others are perfectly fine as when it happened before.

 

[catman]

bump

 

[gomezladdams]

Its really impossible to answer your question without more info as the mod requested.
With the info supplied anything offered would just be a random guess.I would guess the others killed him.Dont need to look picked on to end up dead from abuse.Demasoni need room and a bigger colony or youll just end up with 1.
Go down the list and answer the questions and you may get a better answer.