My Red Zebra died today. I noticed he was hanging out behind the filter intake last night, and he has been getting the short end of the stick in the pecking order recently so I took him out this morning hoping to give him away or take him back to the lfs rather than have him die. This afternoon i took him out of the bowl and put him in a plastic bag to take to the lfs, and I noticed that his anus was red and there was what looked like red hemorrhaging or sores on the bottom of his belly. I took some pictures, I need to know what this is/could be so that I can treat my tank before any other fish start to get sick! My JD has been hiding for weeks, with a larger than normal belly, but he eats vigorously(blood worms) every night and is not shy about defending his "cave".
I feed two cubes of bloodworms and a shrimp to the tank after "lights out" (except a blue light) to make sure my ghost knife, pictus cat, and sunshine pleco get some protein. I always feed the Cichlids Hikari gold pellets before hand to minimized their seemingly unending appetite. Unfortunately the JD has this figured out and ONLY comes out to feed after the blue light is on, so his diet is basically blood worms and pieces of shrimp. The only discrepancy I have been able to find is that maybe the zebra got sick from eating too many blood worms (he was an aggressive eater). But I am more inclined to trust the opinions of our members than random web pages about fish.
I have posted some pictures, any help to prevent any more fish death/disease would be appreciated!!
I feed two cubes of bloodworms and a shrimp to the tank after "lights out" (except a blue light) to make sure my ghost knife, pictus cat, and sunshine pleco get some protein. I always feed the Cichlids Hikari gold pellets before hand to minimized their seemingly unending appetite. Unfortunately the JD has this figured out and ONLY comes out to feed after the blue light is on, so his diet is basically blood worms and pieces of shrimp. The only discrepancy I have been able to find is that maybe the zebra got sick from eating too many blood worms (he was an aggressive eater). But I am more inclined to trust the opinions of our members than random web pages about fish.
I have posted some pictures, any help to prevent any more fish death/disease would be appreciated!!