Re: Dead ancistrus

[Donald Kerns]

Victor M. Martinez wrote:

> The small ancistrus I had in the 20g tank died the other day.

You didn't call him a pl*co (without the star) recently did you?

;-)

-D
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[Victor M. Martinez]

Donald Kerns > wrote:
>You didn't call him a pl*co (without the star) recently did you?

Of course not! :)

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[Jim Brown]

Victor M. Martinez > wrote in message
...
> The small ancistrus I had in the 20g tank died the other day. It was
> sitting on the botton of the tank and I noticed it had a very dark belly.
> All the other ancistrus in the large tank are doing fine. All water
> parameters were ok, but I did a water change just in case. I took a few
> pictures of the body, perhaps somebody can help me identify what killed
> him:
>
> http://home.austin.rr.com/lunamayaxoxo/fish/ancistrus1.jpg
> http://home.austin.rr.com/lunamayaxoxo/fish/ancistrus2.jpg
> http://home.austin.rr.com/lunamayaxoxo/fish/ancistrus3.jpg
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Victor M. Martinez
>
> http://www.che.utexas.edu/~martiv
>
>

The only cause of death in all the albino bushynoses's we raise has been
identical. The fish are active, eat well, and display perfect condition.
When they die, the same black belly. Since all the dead ones (which were
few and far between) were netted, the black was there. I am inclined to
think it is an indication of death rather than a cause.
Sorry I can't help more than that. I haven't examined the internal organs
to look into it further, as it is an uncommon event.

Jim