dude never kill a fish unless the fish has an injury or something that is making it suffer. You could have re-homed it. How did you euthanize it? I find the whole thing unnecessary and not very well planned out but we all make mistakes.
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I mean yeah but I thought he was sucking off my fished slim coats. And becasue 2 had died within two days I rationalized I didn’t really have time to rehome it. Maybe I should’ve given it more time
KATALEKEEPER
ya I mean sometimes people do irrational things when they are angry. How did you euthanize it?
Another question, were all the fish added at the same time, or have new fish been recently added?
Pleco's do not kill healthy, non-sedentary fish, but will eat already, or soon to be, dead fish.
I agree with the others, there were too many fish in too small a tank ( a tight rope, a 40 gal is no more than a puddle),so if even one thing is out of line, in that overstocked space, its a recipe for disaster.
And when crowded like that, a normal benign bacteria can become a pathogenic problem, and start an epidemic.
And if as you say, HTH was apparent (which takes time to normally develop) the HTH lesions that appear, become openings for other opportunistic infections, which can become even more virulent when temps are raised.
Elevating temp works well to help when treating for Ick, but makes bacterial infections worse, faster, and depletes oxygen levels.
The higher the temp, the less available dissolved oxygen.
Pleco's do not kill healthy, non-sedentary fish, but will eat already, or soon to be, dead fish.
I agree with the others, there were too many fish in too small a tank ( a tight rope, a 40 gal is no more than a puddle),so if even one thing is out of line, in that overstocked space, its a recipe for disaster.
And when crowded like that, a normal benign bacteria can become a pathogenic problem, and start an epidemic.
And if as you say, HTH was apparent (which takes time to normally develop) the HTH lesions that appear, become openings for other opportunistic infections, which can become even more virulent when temps are raised.
Elevating temp works well to help when treating for Ick, but makes bacterial infections worse, faster, and depletes oxygen levels.
The higher the temp, the less available dissolved oxygen.
I just got back to spring break, and I’m sure that’s why I didn’t notice the HITH before. I have a pretty strict WC routine and I’m not sure if the caretaker followed it... thank you for the help.
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KATALEKEEPER
ok im just glad you did not do something like putting it in the freezer or flushing it down the toilet
he didn't suffer
You've totally lost me. Posts 1-24 are sketchy enough but then in post 25 you suddenly state that a "caretaker" has been in charge of the tank whilst you were on "spring break"?
Where is this tank? At your school? And you look after it whilst you're there but the caretaker takes over when you're not?
Is this a case of you instructing the caretaker what to do whilst you're not there and just letting him get on with it until you returned, because if it is then it's no surprise to me that you returned to tank carnage.
How many threads have we seen where hobbyists instruct others to "care" for their fish whilst they're away and the whole situation goes sideways?
Where is this tank? At your school? And you look after it whilst you're there but the caretaker takes over when you're not?
Is this a case of you instructing the caretaker what to do whilst you're not there and just letting him get on with it until you returned, because if it is then it's no surprise to me that you returned to tank carnage.
How many threads have we seen where hobbyists instruct others to "care" for their fish whilst they're away and the whole situation goes sideways?
