Dear Planted Tank Community,
Tonight is a sad night for me. My blue dwarf gourami died and I cannot figure out why. My only conclusion is from panic/stress which led to a heart attack. I have a hollow Cholla Wood looking drift wood. One end is bigger than the other, cylinder shaped. See attached link for image below.
At around 9:00pm the fish were doing well. After sitting down and zoning out on my computer working, I got up and checked my tank at around 11:30pm. Now that is almost 3 hours if we do a rough estimate because I am not sure about the timing. Anyway, I believe the fish got through the big end of the Cholla Wood and couldn't pass to the other smaller end causing him to turn and getting his head stuck in a small hole. Now the part that bothers me is, HOW DID HE DIE? I would image a fish stuck would die from starvation or something. Do they really get heart attacks? I'm a novice in this hobby, so.... I have no experience.
BTW this is a 40 gallon tank with plenty of swimming room and no big fish tried this before nor did any fish that swam through got stuck.
It's my third month in the hobby with a total of 19 fish and this is my first death. I did not image this is how it would go down. Please shed some wisdom.
ps. I know in this image my crested java ferns have their rhizomes buried. I fixed that
https://www.dropbox.com/s/p9gr3fnecdisbn8/Screen%20Shot%202017-01-23%20at%2012.12.24%20AM.png?dl=0
Tonight is a sad night for me. My blue dwarf gourami died and I cannot figure out why. My only conclusion is from panic/stress which led to a heart attack. I have a hollow Cholla Wood looking drift wood. One end is bigger than the other, cylinder shaped. See attached link for image below.
At around 9:00pm the fish were doing well. After sitting down and zoning out on my computer working, I got up and checked my tank at around 11:30pm. Now that is almost 3 hours if we do a rough estimate because I am not sure about the timing. Anyway, I believe the fish got through the big end of the Cholla Wood and couldn't pass to the other smaller end causing him to turn and getting his head stuck in a small hole. Now the part that bothers me is, HOW DID HE DIE? I would image a fish stuck would die from starvation or something. Do they really get heart attacks? I'm a novice in this hobby, so.... I have no experience.
BTW this is a 40 gallon tank with plenty of swimming room and no big fish tried this before nor did any fish that swam through got stuck.
It's my third month in the hobby with a total of 19 fish and this is my first death. I did not image this is how it would go down. Please shed some wisdom.
ps. I know in this image my crested java ferns have their rhizomes buried. I fixed that
https://www.dropbox.com/s/p9gr3fnecdisbn8/Screen%20Shot%202017-01-23%20at%2012.12.24%20AM.png?dl=0