I've posted three threads regarding my 12" endli that stopped eating about 3-4 weeks ago. I waited and waited and did wc's and made sure water quality was good. The fish showed no signs of illness. Well yesterday I came home to find my endli dead
. I suspected that my fish ingested some gravel and thus could not eat. I did an autopsy to see if I could find some gravel in my fish's gut. Sure enough there was a sharp edged piece of gravel about 3mm in diameter toward the back end of the digestive tract. The hard lesson learned here and a warning to all who read this and have gravel in their bichir tanks is gravel kills bichirs
. I'm changing my gravel to sand this weekend so my other two endlis don't suffer the same fate. Best of luck to all.
. I suspected that my fish ingested some gravel and thus could not eat. I did an autopsy to see if I could find some gravel in my fish's gut. Sure enough there was a sharp edged piece of gravel about 3mm in diameter toward the back end of the digestive tract. The hard lesson learned here and a warning to all who read this and have gravel in their bichir tanks is gravel kills bichirs. I'm changing my gravel to sand this weekend so my other two endlis don't suffer the same fate. Best of luck to all.
