What's the cause of my baby red's death?

Aro-Medics;

Please help me shed some light on the sudden death of my small KK Red. I had 4 fish total 3 weeks ago that came in really small at 4-4.5inches. The were feeding on crickets since they were so small. I had sold off a few of them and kept one remaining one. He was the biggest eater and always attacked his food and swallowed it.

What puzzeled me what when I moved his remaining 2 tankmates out of the tank and fed him his last meal he started acting wierd. I removed the dividers to give him the whole 4 foot tank for himself. But the days that followed didn't seem like he was acting like himself. He swam fine and everything but he stopped eating. i didn't think much of it and gave him a few days.

I thought I might be shipping him soon so I took his remaing food out of the tank. On the third day I moved him into a 18gal tall tank withh 100% of the water he was in. I moved the same heater the same filter and all. The following morning I had noticed something white on the bottom of the tank. I thought it might have been something that fell in the tank, but when I reached in the pick it up, I noticed it was really soft and slippery. I wasn't sure what it was but thought it might have been something he excreted in his waste? After that I observed him and noticed he had lost some of his equilibrium. He was laying on the bottom for a while then start swimming. I went to bed and thought he was just adjusting to his new tank.

The next morning after I woke up and talked to a friend about the small fish I went outside to atempt to feed him and noticed this:
What Happen to my fish? <<
What happen to my fish. I sensed it was something wrong with his swim bladder, but what happen? Would there be a chance that his microchip punctured through his abdominal cavity and caused damage to him. He just went down hill from there. I am very concerned about the cause of his death and would like any ideas about this incident! Should I cut the fish open to see what I find? Is this fish too small to bear a microchip?

Thanks!

Please help me!

Originally Posted by FishYee

Aro-Medics;

Please help me shed some light on the sudden death of my small KK Red. I had 4 fish total 3 weeks ago that came in really small at 4-4.5inches. The were feeding on crickets since they were so small. I had sold off a few of them and kept one remaining one. He was the biggest eater and always attacked his food and swallowed it.

What puzzeled me what when I moved his remaining 2 tankmates out of the tank and fed him his last meal he started acting wierd. I removed the dividers to give him the whole 4 foot tank for himself. But the days that followed didn't seem like he was acting like himself. He swam fine and everything but he stopped eating. i didn't think much of it and gave him a few days.

I thought I might be shipping him soon so I took his remaing food out of the tank. On the third day I moved him into a 18gal tall tank withh 100% of the water he was in. I moved the same heater the same filter and all. The following morning I had noticed something white on the bottom of the tank. I thought it might have been something that fell in the tank, but when I reached in the pick it up, I noticed it was really soft and slippery. I wasn't sure what it was but thought it might have been something he excreted in his waste? After that I observed him and noticed he had lost some of his equilibrium. He was laying on the bottom for a while then start swimming. I went to bed and thought he was just adjusting to his new tank.

The next morning after I woke up and talked to a friend about the small fish I went outside to atempt to feed him and noticed this:
What Happen to my fish? <<
What happen to my fish. I sensed it was something wrong with his swim bladder, but what happen? Would there be a chance that his microchip punctured through his abdominal cavity and caused damage to him. He just went down hill from there. I am very concerned about the cause of his death and would like any ideas about this incident! Should I cut the fish open to see what I find? Is this fish too small to bear a microchip?

Thanks!

If you are here in USA......99% chance....your aro is not tagged/no microchip bro.

sorry for the death of your aro

[inca168]

Originally Posted by FishYee

Aro-Medics;

Please help me shed some light on the sudden death of my small KK Red. I had 4 fish total 3 weeks ago that came in really small at 4-4.5inches. The were feeding on crickets since they were so small. I had sold off a few of them and kept one remaining one. He was the biggest eater and always attacked his food and swallowed it.

What puzzeled me what when I moved his remaining 2 tankmates out of the tank and fed him his last meal he started acting wierd. I removed the dividers to give him the whole 4 foot tank for himself. But the days that followed didn't seem like he was acting like himself. He swam fine and everything but he stopped eating. i didn't think much of it and gave him a few days.

I thought I might be shipping him soon so I took his remaing food out of the tank. On the third day I moved him into a 18gal tall tank withh 100% of the water he was in. I moved the same heater the same filter and all. The following morning I had noticed something white on the bottom of the tank. I thought it might have been something that fell in the tank, but when I reached in the pick it up, I noticed it was really soft and slippery. I wasn't sure what it was but thought it might have been something he excreted in his waste? After that I observed him and noticed he had lost some of his equilibrium. He was laying on the bottom for a while then start swimming. I went to bed and thought he was just adjusting to his new tank.

The next morning after I woke up and talked to a friend about the small fish I went outside to atempt to feed him and noticed this:
What Happen to my fish? <<
What happen to my fish. I sensed it was something wrong with his swim bladder, but what happen? Would there be a chance that his microchip punctured through his abdominal cavity and caused damage to him. He just went down hill from there. I am very concerned about the cause of his death and would like any ideas about this incident! Should I cut the fish open to see what I find? Is this fish too small to bear a microchip?

Thanks!

Hi bro did you feed your aro with live crickets to me small aro cannot feed with crickets with the 2 sharp legs i prefer bro koji suggestion freeze the cricket and shake off all the legs before giving to my small aro. I have a friend which is already 50+ years old he kept one aro around 40 + years which passdown by his father , he always mention the fish is older than me everytime i come near to this fish , he told me dont feed cricket with the 2 sharp legs , he stay in KL malaysia every time i go back my home town i will visit him and i saw him pulling out the 2 sharp legs before feeding to the fish

Actually, i did feed them frozen crickets and shook the bogs so the legs would fall off. I just fed the body to the fish.

Originally Posted by inca168

Hi bro did you feed your aro with live crickets to me small aro cannot feed with crickets with the 2 sharp legs i prefer bro koji suggestion freeze the cricket and shake off all the legs before giving to my small aro. I have a friend which is already 50+ years old he kept one aro around 40 + years which passdown by his father , he always mention the fish is older than me everytime i come near to this fish , he told me dont feed cricket with the 2 sharp legs , he stay in KL malaysia every time i go back my home town i will visit him and i saw him pulling out the 2 sharp legs before feeding to the fish