Dead ancistrus

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

Of course not!

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Victor M. Martinez

http://www.che.utexas.edu/~martiv

Victor M. Martinez wrote in message
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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/lunamayaxo...ancistrus1.jpg
http://home.austin.rr.com/lunamayaxo...ancistrus2.jpg
http://home.austin.rr.com/lunamayaxo...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