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Posted by Foundryrat on April 14, 2006, 6:48 am
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> Foundryrat wrote:
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>> i have a one gallon setup. Nothing spectacular but it's all i'm
>> allowed. So i got a one gallon aquarium. Set it up last saturday
>> bought a fantail and plecostymous. I didn't wait the full 48 hours
>> for the water to aerate. Although i did by water neutralyzer. after
>> first few days though both fish seem to acclymate.
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>> Today was day five plescostymous still healthy. Looking at the fantail
>> before work there just wasn't much life to it. It was alive not on
>> the side but just moving oh so slowly. Almost looked as though it had
>> battle wounds from poky plastic plant in aquarium. My theory is the
>> fish bludgeoned itself to death with poky plastic in aquarium
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>> Well i got out of work tonight fantail was dead no life at all.
>> wasn't even dying, it was dead.
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>> Any advice on my next fish. Anyone have fish bludgeon themselves to
>> death? Would that be a recurring problem?
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>> Any comments appreciated as i don't know whether to get a fish tommorrow.
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> i did stick hand in aquarium to try to adjust plant and get more rocks
> under the poky plastic roots of the plant. Probably not a good idea.
> DO i need to put new water in aquarium, and if so i need my plecostymous
> to survive. I cannot have anymore death in my aquarium, just life!
so basically whatever i did wrong i wanna do right
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> allowed. So i got a one gallon aquarium. Set it up last saturday
> bought a fantail and plecostymous. I didn't wait the full 48 hours for
> the water to aerate. Although i did by water neutralyzer. after first
> few days though both fish seem to acclymate.
>
> Today was day five plescostymous still healthy. Looking at the fantail
> before work there just wasn't much life to it. It was alive not on the
> side but just moving oh so slowly. Almost looked as though it had
> battle wounds from poky plastic plant in aquarium. My theory is the fish
> bludgeoned itself to death with poky plastic in aquarium
>
> Well i got out of work tonight fantail was dead no life at all. wasn't
> even dying, it was dead.
>
> Any advice on my next fish. Anyone have fish bludgeon themselves to
> death? Would that be a recurring problem?
>
> Any comments appreciated as i don't know whether to get a fish tommorrow.