Dead Pristella with eggs.
All,
I have a rebus for you. Actually, it’s a rebus for me but you may have a simple answer. I’ve been doing a fishless cycle to a new 46-gal tank for the past 3 weeks. Well, last Sunday the cycle was over and I gradually moved all my fish from the 10-gal to the 46-gal. I didn’t just throw the fish from one tank to the other one, but I placed them in a little tank and added 1 cup of the new aquarium every 5 minutes for a total of 15-20 minutes to acclimate them to the new water. After a couple of days I noticed that one of the 3 Pristellas was getting bigger and I thought that the change might have triggered eggs production. However, today that Pristella started looking sick. In particular, she lost most of the color on the fins, she couldn’t rest and started swimming all over the tank but in a way that was evident she was feeling very uncomfortable. Then she started resting on one side or getting trapped in plants. I understood she was going to die in a matter of hours or minutes. At that point I moved her to the 10-gal tank (still running) to avoid that she could spread infections to the other fish. She died after about 30 minutes. Now here is the rebus. When I tried to squeeze her, a lot of eggs came out. So my question is why she died? Couldn’t she just release the eggs? What do you suggest to do if I see a similar situation in future?
Thank you, Giuseppe
Category: AquaticLife
