My 15" ornate suddenly passed

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Drips702

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I came home from work and he was alive and i took a nap and he was upside down when i woke up :[

im trying to figure out what caused him to die, he was in a 100g tank with 3 florida gars and 2 12" delihizi .

i tested water and ammonia was 0 nitrite was 0 and nitrate was kinda high, it was red on the test kit so im going to guess 40-60ppm i have always done weekly 50% water changes on this tank so im not sure why nitrates where a bit high but i dont think thats what killed him since all the other fish seem fine.

i cleaned my canister in hopes of lowering nitrates i just changed out 2 filter floss pads and the coarse sponge and didnt touch my ceramic rings , i will test the water tomarrow and depending on how nitrates are i will do my normal 50% . (i would do it today but i read its bad to do a water change on the same day as a filter clean)

i took some photos of my ornate [Warning dead fish]

he had some some red spots on his belly and 2 spots on the inside of his mouth.

i only had him for a few moths and i only saw him eat a few times , i tried a few kinds of food but he wouldnt eat ass much. i feed the tank before i go to bed and turn the lights of so i assumed he would eat a bit.

i was just wondering if anyone had any idea on what could have gone wrong, he was my largest bichir and it sucks to lose him.
 
Sorry for the loss. RIP. It's a possibility that the ornate died from some form of internal bacterial infection, or swallowed gravel. Which does happen. New large rnates typically don't eat right away.

Only way to know is to open the ornate up. If possible, switch to a garnet sand or any other type of sand. Just advice from a person who use to have the same red gravel for their polypterua.
 
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Vancouver_98683 said:
Sorry for the loss. RIP. It's a possibility that the ornate died from some form of internal bacterial infection, or swallowed gravel. Which does happen. New large rnates typically don't eat right away.

Only way to know is to open the ornate up. If possible, switch to a garnet sand or any other type of sand. Just advice from a person who use to have the same red gravel for their polypterua.
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I was thinking maybe he swallowed one of those black rocks but im not sure. I really don't wanna open him up. Im using red sand "aqua accent" is the brand.
 
Thanks for the info, ill just remove the smaller black rocks for now.

How does a fish get an infection and whats the best way to treat it if noticed earlier?
 
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