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To people that actually know what youre talking about2007-11-24 23:41:13

Have you ever had a fish inexplicably die on you?

My Homerwood passed on tonight, and is now swimming in the great sea. He's been somewhat.well, blah the last two weeks. He was lethargic and hanging out at the bottom of the tank, yet he still chased the silver dollars when they encroached his side of the tank. He ate - when he wanted to. He had no signs of disease (no growths, discolorations, etc.), was still brightly colored, fins weren't clamped. He just wasn't acting right.

So as a precaution we moved him into the quarantine tank three nights ago. Noticed he was swimming a little oddly at one point, and noticed he hadn't had a bowel movement. He'd already been fasting at that point, so we tried to feed him peas. He refused to eat. Thinking he was having swimbladder problems due to constipation, we added Epsom salts to help make him poop. Added one teaspoon last night, another half tonight to 10 gallons of water.

Woke up from my nap, and he had passed on.

Answers:

Yeah had that happen a few times or so. Just last night I lost my juli cory cat. No signs of foul play or illness, just found him on his side stiff as a board. I made my daughter bury him by a tree :) Had him for so long, couldn't flush him. I had him for a few years, so I'm guessing it may have been age.

Yours could've been old age as well, or maybe an internal parasite since he wasn't pooping?

EDIT: What is this, PETA night? Only keep animals that live in their natural state? For dogs and cats that would be outside in the "wild". Yeah, that's safe for them. Eh, go eat a hamburger and play with your pet rock.

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u think impisoning fish is good for them

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It happens. Maybe it was just his time. I know what it is like to lose a fish. I lost Herb to a bad bleach accident. He was my beta fish. Had him for 2 years. My condolences

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Sorry, I have compassion for you, but I do not believe in keeping animals imprisoned. For their sake, keep only animals in your house that is living in a natural state.

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I have had fish die for no clear reason. Lost a red-tail black shark last year -- like you, all externals were well within normal and optimal parameters. I asked my local fish professionals who wondered if one of the larger fish in the tank had "torpedoed" the shark. This did not seem likely to me, since most of the other fish tended to ignore him or steer clear of him.