hi, today i came home from school and found that one of the snakeheads i picked up recently was dead. I examined the body, no marks, discolorations, or infection, no apparent problems with the fish on the outside. I was wondering if any of you know what this might be a result of?
Im not completely sure but i think the stomach seemed have been a bit swollen, and the rectum was inflamed. (don't hold me to this but it was the only think i thought mint be different, there was no substantial swelling, just the anal cavity seemed to be larger than that of my other snakeheads)
i have 6 other snakeheads all eating and doing well, I've been watching them for a few hours while writing my essay and i occasionally see them scratching themselves on the gravel substrate? is this an indication of anything, it's very seldom, maybe once or twice every couple of hours (at least that's all i observed, i can't be sure if they did it more than that).
Im going to do a water change tonight before i sleep, anyone experience anything similar? thanks for the help
edit: just remember a couple more things
a couple more things to note, after i took out the dead snakehead i decided to hand feed them some shrimp, i got all of them to eat and some of them to jump out of the water to grab the food from my hand. and lastly, i noticed that my snakeheads have developed these black blotches on their fins and body, a couple on their body but the vast majority are on the anal fin which has many black dots/blotches. There are quite a few of them which weren't there before. Is this an indication of anything?
Im not completely sure but i think the stomach seemed have been a bit swollen, and the rectum was inflamed. (don't hold me to this but it was the only think i thought mint be different, there was no substantial swelling, just the anal cavity seemed to be larger than that of my other snakeheads)
i have 6 other snakeheads all eating and doing well, I've been watching them for a few hours while writing my essay and i occasionally see them scratching themselves on the gravel substrate? is this an indication of anything, it's very seldom, maybe once or twice every couple of hours (at least that's all i observed, i can't be sure if they did it more than that).
Im going to do a water change tonight before i sleep, anyone experience anything similar? thanks for the help
edit: just remember a couple more things
a couple more things to note, after i took out the dead snakehead i decided to hand feed them some shrimp, i got all of them to eat and some of them to jump out of the water to grab the food from my hand. and lastly, i noticed that my snakeheads have developed these black blotches on their fins and body, a couple on their body but the vast majority are on the anal fin which has many black dots/blotches. There are quite a few of them which weren't there before. Is this an indication of anything?
