MY THiNBAR JUST DiED... damn it.

[AQUATiC213ZOMBiE]

damn it

my buddy captain Nemo [thinbar] died today at 6PM. DEC 7, 2006

i heard of dats being sensitive~ but i thought it would be cool!

so this morning i saw my thinbar, he had hard time breathing and moved really slow.

hours later he starts sitting at the bottom of the tank.
which is odd since he usually swims mid tank.

then his breathing slowed down so much it barely looked like he was breathing.
so thats when i knew for sure, something was damn wrong.

so my friend suggested i take it out, and place it ina container with 70% tank water, and 30% new water. i did as he suggested. placed the bubbler in there.

and he seemed to do better after a few mins.

i did a 35% water change to the tank.
and added some extra aquarium salt to ease his gills.

but after i put him in the tank... he turned BLACk.

and continued to struggle.

he was laying on its side...
then after about another hour he proped himself up on the wall.

i thought everything was cool. the breathing sorta calmed downa bit.
then he just continued to move around i guess.... laying down.

until finally i look about 2 hours ago.
and his mouth is poped out [like in the 'yawn' mode]
and his body and eyes are all black. dead.

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last time i had an ammonia spike that literally wiped out half my fishes.
Capt Nemo~ he was a survivor.
but today... it seems he just didnt make it.
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Have any of you had this problem/situation before?
do you guys possibly know what the hell happened?

please give me some kind of answer!!!

and a moment of silence for the good homie Capt. Nemo.....

 

[AQUATiC213ZOMBiE]

DOES ANYONE HAVE A CLUE?

why did it die?

a little help datnoid experts!!!!

 

[benzjamin13]

Sorry to hear that

 

[rkc772]

did you test your water parameters? what are the readings? any new fish in the last week you added? what is your temp in the water? what filter do you use and when was the last time you changed water in the original tank where he was?

i'm no datnoid expert but i had more than 20 datnoids at one time and kept them well. lost one widebar in my history of datnoids. the only reason why he died on me because when i bought him i knew he was starved too much but i though i can bring him back.. which i wasn't able to. usually datnoids can really take the beating, even when they got icks and fungus they all survived with the use of Fungus Clear from Jungle.

from the way i see it... how many airpumps do you have? i remembered once i almost lost a thinbar at size 5". he was in a bucket when i bought him and was lying down almost dead. i instictively decided to drop him to my 180 gal tank without any acclimation. in 2 hours he was doing well, and fully recovered overnight. i would say either the water parameter went too high.. or the lack of O2 in the water killed him (but i doubt this one).

 

[islander671]

When was the last time he ate, and what did he eat? Possibly a bad feeder that did him in (if he eats live of course) I had one that died similarly, and ultimatly concluded that it was likely a diseased feeder.

 

[AQUATiC213ZOMBiE]

did you test your water parameters? what are the readings? any new fish in the last week you added? what is your temp in the water? what filter do you use and when was the last time you changed water in the original tank where he was?

i'm no datnoid expert but i had more than 20 datnoids at one time and kept them well. lost one widebar in my history of datnoids. the only reason why he died on me because when i bought him i knew he was starved too much but i though i can bring him back.. which i wasn't able to. usually datnoids can really take the beating, even when they got icks and fungus they all survived with the use of Fungus Clear from Jungle.

from the way i see it... how many airpumps do you have? i remembered once i almost lost a thinbar at size 5". he was in a bucket when i bought him and was lying down almost dead. i instictively decided to drop him to my 180 gal tank without any acclimation. in 2 hours he was doing well, and fully recovered overnight. i would say either the water parameter went too high.. or the lack of O2 in the water killed him (but i doubt this one).

ok.
rich, this may sound insane.
but i never check my water~
[no kits, nothing... only make sure i use water cleaner when doing water change]
no new fish added, cept i was feeding them rosie reds...
and i havent bought rosie reds for them... in forever. just like 2 bux worth.
i always try to feed them market shrimp, and frozen krill.
just got a thermometer and it reads 78.4 F
last time i changed water was about 2 weeks ago. give or take few days.
and i usually do 2 and half week water changes lol.

i have a custom wet/dry on the back of my 40 acrylic.
on top of that,
i use that crappy canister filter odyssea CFS4 [supposedly filters 100 gallons]
no carbon used, i threw it out. i need to fill that level with bio balls.

damn i wish he didnt die.
i cherished him as the survivor of the.... evil amonia spike era.
now he's nothing more than a memory~ haha.

odd thing is~ before the ammonia spike .... i also fed my fishes...
4-5 dollars in rosie reds.

so ima generally stay away from live food now.

until a while again.

 

[AQUATiC213ZOMBiE]

When was the last time he ate, and what did he eat? Possibly a bad feeder that did him in (if he eats live of course) I had one that died similarly, and ultimatly concluded that it was likely a diseased feeder.

COT DAMN IT!!!!

i sorta hada feeling it was the rosie red...
he was acting funny all morning. and sorta at night.

damn damn damn damn damn.

 

[johno27]

that is a lot of bio load for a 40 gallon was probably another ammonia spike but we will never know for sure

The smaller a tank is the more dramatically the water chemistry can change I would recommend buying a test kit so you can learn from your mistakes. If the next time you lose a fish everything tests ok then you know it is the feeders ect...

Sorry for your loss GL in the future

 

[BDawg364]

That bio-load is HUGE for a 40g. I'd have a hard time adding another fish if I had those in my 125g. I am gonna guess ammonia spike like everyone else because of whats in the tank. If I were you, I would be either looking to upgrade my tank or downsize in fish before another one dies, but thats just my opinion...

 

[fishcatch22]

yeah I agree, i'm sure you have heard this before but almost all of your fish are going to outgrow that tank.

RIP