I had a peacock cichlid in a 60 gallon with 4 giant danios and a dwarf puffer, the peacock croaked by the time I came home from work. Checked the water, everything is normal, other fish are fine and eating. Is it possible that the peacock cichlid tried to nibble on the puffer and got poisoned or something? Its mouth is wide open and looked like it died a painful death.
mysterious death
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Not peacock bass, peacock cichlid. Theyre fairly common at every pet store. Its about 3", there was no reason for it to pass away, it ate this morning.
ihad a puffer once. it seemed to target ne specific fish and terrorise it. my theory is that the puffer beat up the p. chiclid. my puffer literally ripped fins off the fish it had decided to target. its most definately not recommended with other fish maybe its own species.
It was definetely not the dward puffer, the puffer is much too tiny, it was afraid of the cichlid. The peacock had no bites, tears, NOTHING, just a scared look.
The puffers tetradotoxin is not a physiological trait but a toxin derived from its diet in the wild. Captive puffers lose the toxin in captivity. If your puffer has been captive for around 6 months, it would no longer be toxic. Also, the toxin is located in the puffer's internal organs.
seems internal.
ive seen that painful death look too. and the only thing i could figure was an internal problem. RIP GT-finladen
ive seen that painful death look too. and the only thing i could figure was an internal problem. RIP GT-finladen