Feet4Fish
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Back in February I purchased three fish from a very reputable online retailer. The retailer has a through QT procedure that all three fish went through. Due to COVID he didn’t feel comfortable shipping me the fish until July 1. The fish were a 8” male crosshatch, 6” inch Aussie Tusk and a 6” male blue throat. Sadly as of this morning I lost my last of the three.
The cross hatch passed from what seemed like a swim bladder issue
Both the blue throat and tusk passed the same way. Both were doing fine, socializing, swimming and eating. Then one day noticed them listless on the sand. Within 8 hours from Then both died. No evidence of bullying, trauma, external parasites, internal organ failure or bleeding. Both fish had post mortem 6 hour FW dips and both confirmed no flukes or visible parasites. Both ate and held weight no problem. The only unusual behavior I saw was a few times the Tusk would go to the surface and bite at the water.
10 years ago I had a similar size tusk due within days of acclimation from ammonia burn and he exhibited the same behavior (much more frequently) before his death. The reason forhis ammonia burn was I dropped acclimated shipped fish. That was the end of that.
that was the last time I dropped acclimated whipped fish until these three. The seller requests drop acclimation and ensures he ships with an ammonia blocker. So with the sudden death of normal looking and acting fish and with that behavior from the tusk I wonder if they suffered some degree of ammonia burn during the acclimation that ultimately was the cause of death!
Sorry so long I just wanted to explain what happened. Does anyone have an opinion???
The cross hatch passed from what seemed like a swim bladder issue
Both the blue throat and tusk passed the same way. Both were doing fine, socializing, swimming and eating. Then one day noticed them listless on the sand. Within 8 hours from Then both died. No evidence of bullying, trauma, external parasites, internal organ failure or bleeding. Both fish had post mortem 6 hour FW dips and both confirmed no flukes or visible parasites. Both ate and held weight no problem. The only unusual behavior I saw was a few times the Tusk would go to the surface and bite at the water.
10 years ago I had a similar size tusk due within days of acclimation from ammonia burn and he exhibited the same behavior (much more frequently) before his death. The reason forhis ammonia burn was I dropped acclimated shipped fish. That was the end of that.
that was the last time I dropped acclimated whipped fish until these three. The seller requests drop acclimation and ensures he ships with an ammonia blocker. So with the sudden death of normal looking and acting fish and with that behavior from the tusk I wonder if they suffered some degree of ammonia burn during the acclimation that ultimately was the cause of death!
Sorry so long I just wanted to explain what happened. Does anyone have an opinion???
