is mad right now

[HiImSean]

i was having a great day so far. i just came home and found 2 of my 3 H. notatus from rapps dead i have no idea what could have happened. they've all be eating like pigs, 3meals a day. i changed their water this morning. i thought that maybe it was something in the water but i changed my other tanks water right before it, also 2 of them died and 1 is still ok. i was hoping for a pair out of the three of them, i guess i'll have to hope for other people to thin their notatus

 

[darth pike]

Ouch. I know they are supposed to be brutal with each other compared to other sevs, but yours are still rather tiny so I wouldn't expected that just yet. Any clues on the two that passed? I know what I am irked about dead cichlids, I sometimes don't look as hard as I should. Natural reaction, but not always the smartest I know.

 

[LouieV]

i was having a great day so far. i just came home and found 2 of my 3 H. notatus from rapps dead i have no idea what could have happened. they've all be eating like pigs, 3meals a day. i changed their water this morning. i thought that maybe it was something in the water but i changed my other tanks water right before it, also 2 of them died and 1 is still ok. i was hoping for a pair out of the three of them, i guess i'll have to hope for other people to thin their notatus

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! damm I have the other 4 from Rapps... Im sorry for your loss.... I had 5 from rapps.. only 1 died the other four are going strong BUT last week.. I had to take one out of the 29 gallon they were in because he is the runt and he was really hurt.. man I said this guy is a goner.. so I just for the heck of it through him in my 150 with the monster sev's I have and believe it or not he is healed and living large with the big guys... he is like an inch.. and thriving.. but yes I find that they are aggresive towards each other...

 

[redm18]

Any chance you forgot to put declorinator in that tank. I have done that before and lost like 75% of fish. Any way I am sorry for your loss.

 

[jgentry]

Awe, that sucks Sean. It almost certainly had something to do with the water change. Your other tanks and fish are larger and could handle whatever it was a lot easier.

Don't worry, several of us around here bought small groups and if things go well we will all be thinning them out in a few months.