Lost one of my F8's heartbroken
Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2021 9:25 pm
I have had the two F8's together in a 25 gallon tank for like 2 years now.
Slowly over time one of them started to look skinny and more sunken. I always treat for parasites and such as soon as i get a fish. And I was feeding them sporadically to try and keep tank parameters good so i thought that may have been why.
It finally got to a point that this last month I was concerned that maybe there was more to it and trimmed his beak, as he would try and eat but spit it out. I thought well its probably he is having trouble eating because of beak length.
Ironically his beak was not even long. I finally found him laying on the bottom this morning, and i had went into emergency mode and threw in some general cure, and erythrmyacin, 75 perc water change but then he passed. I made an effort to try and fatten him up but it never really worked.
So sad. The other F8 didn't even really like me, he was my boy, I feel so sad I didn't try and treat him for parasites / TB again sooner (prob was parasites or bacterial I'm thinking now). He didn't have any lesions or growths but I dismissed it as the fatty other puffer getting more food.
He always swam up to greet me and always watched me wherever I was.
I have tanks of cichlids and stuff, and when they pass, its kinda no big deal really.
But I just feel so bad I let him down.
Slowly over time one of them started to look skinny and more sunken. I always treat for parasites and such as soon as i get a fish. And I was feeding them sporadically to try and keep tank parameters good so i thought that may have been why.
It finally got to a point that this last month I was concerned that maybe there was more to it and trimmed his beak, as he would try and eat but spit it out. I thought well its probably he is having trouble eating because of beak length.
Ironically his beak was not even long. I finally found him laying on the bottom this morning, and i had went into emergency mode and threw in some general cure, and erythrmyacin, 75 perc water change but then he passed. I made an effort to try and fatten him up but it never really worked.
So sad. The other F8 didn't even really like me, he was my boy, I feel so sad I didn't try and treat him for parasites / TB again sooner (prob was parasites or bacterial I'm thinking now). He didn't have any lesions or growths but I dismissed it as the fatty other puffer getting more food.
He always swam up to greet me and always watched me wherever I was.
I have tanks of cichlids and stuff, and when they pass, its kinda no big deal really.
But I just feel so bad I let him down.