Murder/Suicide in meh tank!!!!!
Really mad!!!! Our Dwarf Fire Gourami (Bruce), started off with 3 wives.... within a week he worked his way down to 2... he chased them (not in a 'courting' way either) so we assumed that's why 2 died.
His last wife lasted for quite a few weeks, despite his vicious chasing and nipping. She didn't look well though - she had white scars all over her head where she had been bitten. She finally succumbed to stress after a few weeks and died. (It got to the point where she would stay in one top corner of the tank and not move.)
Bruce seemed fine for the first week after he lost his final wife, but the next week, we saw him less and less. We just figured this was normal, and that he was just more shy seeing as now he was the only gourami in the tank.
I didn't see him at all yesterday, and I ended up doing tank maintenance a day early (since we are busy tomorrow) and can't find him anywhere!
I looked through all the plants, (using my hands to move them aside), felt under all the caves, and wood and even moved a piece of wood... he's no where to be found. He's too big to fit in the filter intakes and we didn't see him outside the tank anywhere..... where did he go?
Maybe he died and the 7 Cory's ate him after he died, within 24 hours???!!! But then... WHAT killed him? I mean, how does a 3 inch, healthy, BRIGHT ORANGE with a bright blue fin fish go completely AWOL?
Edit: He's (well... was) the most aggressive fish in the tank. His tank mates are 9 Harlequin Rasboras and 7 Three Line Corys... o_O
Nothing has changed with their feedings other than I fed some Brine Shrimp the other day.... the temp' is the same, filters are still running.... all the other fish are perfectly fine.
Last edited by holly12 : 09-17-2011 at 05:56 PM.
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