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Ive just found my L200 belly up in one of my tanks, Ive taken him out and it looks like his belly was abit swollen, not loads but noticble. Any ideas anyone? Infection?

Water parameters are fine, checked this morning before i found it dead. The strange thing is i moved a pair of these to another tank to make space for new fish, could this be the cause?

Bit confused as to know why, so if anybody has any ideas would be great, and could this affect any of my other fish in the tanks?


Andy

Some sort of internal problem - worms, bacterial infection - it is always hard to remote diagnose, particularly without pictures - perhaps it became stressed as a result of the relocation of the other fish which allowed the infection to get a hold

Thanks Richard, it puzzles me so much, espcially as it was doing so well in the other tank. The other one looks as if its struggling to.

Andy

Moving fish can be stressful to them. I'm not sure what's gone wrong with your fish, further than what Richard already said, but yes, it can happen that moving them will bring on stress. Is the water in the new tank the same as the old tank (nitrate, ammonia, nitrite, pH, KH/GH, etc?)

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Mats

Thats the strange thing mats, the water is exactly the same, apart from ph which i do find odd, the tank i moved them from has a ph of 7.6 and the tank i have them in now is 7.2 i know its not much diffrence but they are slightly different.

Really strange, i feel so bad for moving them now!!


Andy

It's hard to say. How long since you moved them? How did you move them?

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Mats

I only moved them yesterday, caught them using a net, and then placed them in a tub and put them in the tank, the two tanks are right next to each other! Maybe its just coincidence, i dont know!


Andy