Death of Alpha male.
Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 2:30 pm
I went to check on my fish as usual this morning, to find one of my breeding alpha males dead. 
He had come out of his usual cave around a week ago, which I thought was strange, but could see him hiding & looked ok.
I didn't see for a day or two, so I had a good look for him at the weekend & found him hiding, checked him again & he looked fine, just thought he was taking a well deserved break as he has before.
I had seen him hiding last night but today was dead!
I will post a pic at the weekend, he did have a red mark along his top side, I don't if it was a fighting injury?
He was one of my original fish that I had owned for 2 1/2 yrs & my first to breed from.
He was a hell of a fish rearing between 70 -80 fry flawlessly, & had only just reared 10 fry less than 2 months ago.
Even though everybody wants females, without a good male you may never get any fry raised.
He will be missed greatly,what a fish RIP.
He had come out of his usual cave around a week ago, which I thought was strange, but could see him hiding & looked ok.
I didn't see for a day or two, so I had a good look for him at the weekend & found him hiding, checked him again & he looked fine, just thought he was taking a well deserved break as he has before.
I had seen him hiding last night but today was dead!
I will post a pic at the weekend, he did have a red mark along his top side, I don't if it was a fighting injury?
He was one of my original fish that I had owned for 2 1/2 yrs & my first to breed from.
He was a hell of a fish rearing between 70 -80 fry flawlessly, & had only just reared 10 fry less than 2 months ago.
Even though everybody wants females, without a good male you may never get any fry raised.
He will be missed greatly,what a fish RIP.
