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well last night i feared the worst,and tonight when i cheked the tank it confirmd this.my zeb was dead


i have taken a few pics to show the damage,it hd a weird dark mark on its belly.the marks on its head are from snails that went there since last nite

was this a young ,ale or female?





thanks for tyhe help zp!

ryan

I am very Sorry for your loss Ryan.

Your fish may have been a female, its hard to tell the size from the picture & I can't be certain.

I know this can be even harder to take, I once accidentally killed a wild caught fish from cleaning the tank down before I went on holiday, by moving a large piece of bogwood to rearrange the tank.

I think when I refilled the tank this moved the bogwood & trapped the fish between a cave.

I had thought this fish was a female & I had to know for sure, so I pressed on its belly & eggs came out.

I am still kicking myself now, more for the accident that took this poor fishes life.

Take care Steve.

So sorry to hear about this, that fish has hand a battering

I'm sorry for your loss Ryan! =(

*HUG*

-Angela

the zeb i would of said is just under 3inch prb 3 years old

im really sad,there has never been any trouble in my tank b4 like this,any loss is hard to take

only plus side of this is this year i have 6-7month old fry and 2 -2month old fry in a juvi tank ive spawned

ill be watching my tank alot closer these days.

thanks for the comments

ryan

so sorry! sad to lose any fish.
dont know what the dark mark is, may be internal bleeding or infection or tumour? did he go suddenly or had he been ill for a while?
if not sure, I would add some pimafix to make sure any infection in the water is killed (unless you have UV?)

Sorry for your loss ryan

i think this was caused from a trapping by a male the dead zeb was really beaten up.all other zebs are eating well and doing there normal stuff in the tank