Lost my first fish.

[silent1mezzo]

I was away in BC for a wedding this weekend and I came home to my Yellow Lab dead on the gravel.

I immediately checked the params and they were normal, water temp was fine and there were no wounds on the fish. I scooped it out and did a 50% WC. No other fish are acting strange and they all looked very healthy.

I thought the fish was spawning just before I left and it's only 5-6 years old so it shouldn't have died this early.

Is there anything else I should do to clean out the tank?

 

[silent1mezzo]

On another note, the tank is much more calm now that the Yellow Lab has died. There were two dominant male fish in the tank. Maybe this was a good thing. A lot less fin nipping going on.

 

[BODYDUB]

Sometimes it's just their time...........

 

[Warborg]

To your title...it won't be your last. Sorry to sound rough but fish do die.

 

[Allan01230]

Six years is not a bad run for a yellow lab. What size tank we talking about and what are its occupants. I take it is is an African Mbuna tank?

 

[silent1mezzo]

Aye, 46gal mbuna tank.

I know more fish will die, I was just wondering if I did everything to properly clean the tank.

There's 6 other african cichlids and 3 juvi pictus cats.