sad day

[Aphilophus]

lost my 1 yar old 5in salvini male to aggression, a week ago this fish looked like this

then one night he went gray and stopped eating i even put him in his own tank, but nothing helped i woke up this morning to find him floating, he is the fish on the left

 

[dirtyblacksocks]

Happens dude, sounds like intestinal blockage - sort of a common but uncommon ailment, anyone whose been in the hobby for a while has had a fish die from it, though.

I had a grade AAA discus worth about $400 die from it a while back when I was still a kid - broke my heart.

There aren't a whole lot of diseases or infections out there that will kill a fish overnight without wiping out an entire tank, so if everything else in your tank is doing well I would guess blockage.

Sorry for the loss - epsom salt can act as a natural laxative if you're power feeding your fish to help reduce this problem.

 

[Mad About Cichlids]

RIP

Nice looking fish.

 

[Aphilophus]

thanks