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My fish died today - had it 8 months!! My question is I don't know how it died??
The body was inflamed - by inflamed I mean the scales were coming out of it's body and the body was swollen...my fish couldn't eat cause the mouth wouldn't close and it stood in an upright position....It wouldn't move a lot either and when it went up for air and such it took a long time to get up there. After it got air it quickly sunk by down and continued to stand in an upright position....The morning I found it lying on the rocks at the bottom of the tank....
Don't fish float when they die?? What the hell happened to my fish?? Disease?? I don't understand it?? ARGH!!
Don't fish float when they die?? What the hell happened to my fish?? Disease?? I don't understand it?? ARGH!!
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It just got sick, sorry
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Sounds like it had ick, or some other infection like that. If you get a new fish, you can get drops that go in the water that will take car of it when you notice the scales getting strange. it's quite common.
Yes, fish float when they die, but only when they JUST die, for a few hours. . After that they will sink to the bottom.
Sorry, time to try again!
Make sure not to overfeed either because if not all the food is eaten, it will rot in the tank and the fish can get sick. No more than it will eat in about 5 mins.