Yesterday was a sad day. Firstly it was one of those days where EVERYTHING went wrong. Then when i finally dragged my butt home from work, i thought 'hey, why dont i go check out what my fish are doing?' that always cheers me up.. Looked for my female oscar El Vira, finally found her at the back of the tank inbetween the glass and orange rock formation, looking sick again (i have been treating the tank for a possible parasite invasion but after that didn't work i had been planning to set up their old 2ft and turn it into a hospital tank and treat for fungus instead but she had been improving) and someone (???) has taken nasty bites out of her left flank! 
Ok, so time to set up the 2ft, like now..
Got it cleaned up and started filling but now there is a crack spreading across the bottom!
Madly searching for a tank, all that is in the house atm not already taken up is our old oollld 1ft
So i thought, have dinner and meditate on it. Looked over halfway through and La Vey is nearly white with rage, gills flared fins spread and mouth gaping, ready to take a huge piece out of his old tankmate's face while she cowers helplessly on the gravel
I am well aware of how slack this is but the only option was to set up the 1ft and move her before she gets eaten and every fish in the tank gets a nice warm bellyfull of whatever it is that she has!
Whilst setting it up, i looked over and what is floating around my tank?? One of our three large bristlenoses, skin on its face bitten (or sucked??) off and no tail fin
So removed said bristlenose, finished setting up hospital tank, moved El Vira and went to bed..
This morning, went to check on fish and found a second bristlenose, obviously dead for a number of hours with nearly all skin removed!!!
What the hell?
So the question is this: was it La Vey our other original oscar mad with rage because she is sick & doesn't wanna do oscar stuff? A parasite? Fungus?? Our jd pair, ready to breed again and trying to clear up some tank space??? Either of our two plecos??? Our little texas??? Or the last bristlenose standing????
Included is a pic of the pair of Oscars in the happy time... Sorry for the long sad post...
Ok, so time to set up the 2ft, like now..
Got it cleaned up and started filling but now there is a crack spreading across the bottom!
Madly searching for a tank, all that is in the house atm not already taken up is our old oollld 1ft
So i thought, have dinner and meditate on it. Looked over halfway through and La Vey is nearly white with rage, gills flared fins spread and mouth gaping, ready to take a huge piece out of his old tankmate's face while she cowers helplessly on the gravel
I am well aware of how slack this is but the only option was to set up the 1ft and move her before she gets eaten and every fish in the tank gets a nice warm bellyfull of whatever it is that she has!
Whilst setting it up, i looked over and what is floating around my tank?? One of our three large bristlenoses, skin on its face bitten (or sucked??) off and no tail fin
So removed said bristlenose, finished setting up hospital tank, moved El Vira and went to bed..
This morning, went to check on fish and found a second bristlenose, obviously dead for a number of hours with nearly all skin removed!!!
What the hell?
So the question is this: was it La Vey our other original oscar mad with rage because she is sick & doesn't wanna do oscar stuff? A parasite? Fungus?? Our jd pair, ready to breed again and trying to clear up some tank space??? Either of our two plecos??? Our little texas??? Or the last bristlenose standing????
Included is a pic of the pair of Oscars in the happy time... Sorry for the long sad post...
