Midas Suddenly Dead?

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When I went down to check on the Midas this morning he was dead. Looked to be in perfect health last night.

I accidentally forgot to shut off the lights overnight. Could this have done him in?

When he was alive, his pupils were set forward toward his mouth and I thought it was a genetic thing. Now though when he's dead, they look normal. Could this have something to do with it?

I never got around to checking the carbonate hardness on this tank. How sensitive are they?

I had 5 rainbows in as dithers and they are all fine.

Ammonia- 0ppm
Nitrite- 0ppm
Nitrate- 30 ppm but its water change day.
PH- 7.6
KH- Unknown





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BanjoMinnow said:
Do you have anything fish in the tank that could of beat up on him?
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Just 5 rainbowfish.
I had them as dithers but could their activity have made him nervous and stressed? He was very shy so maybe I shouldn't have gotten the rainbows.

I'm so mad right now... Only had him for such a short time and already managed to kill him.


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Im sorry for your loss. I doubt the lights effected him. I forget to turn mine off every once in a while and never caused problems. What you said about his eyes maybe somthing was wrong in his nervous system. How old/big was the midas?

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Ok... He may have just had and internal problem/deformity. These things do happen sometimes. I dont see anything you did that would have caused his death.

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Your nitrates are high but not too much to kill a hardy fish like a midas. IMO it was either the nitrates or something the fish caught from the LFS. I would try another Midas if I were you, but clean your filters & try to keep your nitrates below 20.
 
You should definitely try again, your parameters sound fine so this one must've just had some kind of preexisting health problem (unless you got a little too generous during the first feeding... but it would take a lot of food to kill a midas overnight like that)
 
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