This fish has been in my tank for two years. The other day, I noticed the other fish chasing him. The next day, he was missing his tail and parts of his other fins. Yesterday, I bought this net to quarantine him, and put a little bit of melafix in there. Today he's just lying there. What should I do?
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Thank you, Jay! I was told freezing was the humane way, but I see I was misled. I will take the quickest, but most unpleasant way. A little discomfort for me can potentially save him some suffering.With the fish upside down like that, it is probably too injured to survive. There really isn't anything else for you to do other than observe it, unless you decide to euthanize it. If you do, here is an article about that:
Fish Euthanasia
Euthanasia Euthanasia is a word derived from two Greek words that roughly translates to “good death”. In other words, euthanasia is the painless killing of an organism. In general usage, there is also the underlying understanding that euthanasia is performed on terminal patients only. This...
Jay
You’re correct, it could have had a health issue that made it succeptable to being attacked, however, compatibility in fish does change over time: relative sizes change, fish become sexually mature, territories change, etc.
