Hello All
Up until this afternoon, everything has been going swimmingly (
) with our tank so I've had no need to post anything but .....
I always have a roll-call every morning at feeding time and today was no different from any other. All present and correct and looking fit and healthy.
When I came to do the weekly water change this afternoon, one of the Gourami was out of the water, lying on top of a piece of plant décor that was above the water level. She (I think it was a she) was just about breathing but, when I put her back in the water, had lost all balance control and swam lethargically around on one side. After about half an hour she just gave up and died
.
Attached are a couple of photos. One showing that, on the side that was uppermost and totally out of the water when I found her, there was a quite raised red mark. The other photo shows that her other side looked perfectly normal.
Quite early on, 1st December, we had a Gourami that was a bit of a jumper and got in the pump housing and drowned.
I'm not sure if this latest one was part of a bit of chasing around that I noticed yesterday. I have more or less discounted this as I've seen it before and, in the past, after a couple of days everything calms down again.
Could it be that she jumped out of the water and got caught between the décor and the top of the tank and then got burnt by the lights? Otherwise I've no explanation as to why this one died so suddenly after being OK this morning.
The remaining four Gourami and all our other stock look fine, for now.
Water parameters are all OK; NH
3 0, NO
2 0, NO
3 20 (Quite good for round here as off-the-tap it runs about 30-40), pH 7.5 and CL
2 0.
Does anyone have any thoughts as to what might have gone wrong with the little feller-ess?