And another one gone, and another one gone

[lydy]

Lost a clown loach, this morning. Last night, I found him lying on his side, gills moving quickly. Now, loaches are known to terrify their owners by taking naps on in positions that only dead fish and loaches can achieve, but his color was dreadful, and the gills were moving far too fast for him to be healthy. I put him in the hospital tank with the two neons. Dead this morning. This is the third loach I've lost. The first vanished all together, the second did something very similar to what this guy did, and now this guy.

Guess we ain't the champions, today.

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[submarine-bells.livejournal.com]

...Now, loaches are known to terrify their owners by taking naps on in positions that only dead fish and loaches can achieve...

Other folks' loaches do that too, do they? I thought it was just that my clown loaches had evil senses of humour. They do the lying-on-their-sides-on-the-bottom thing, and just when I start to get a bit concerned and decide to investigate more closely, they choose that moment to leap up and swim away, giggling. I've long since given up taken their playing dead at all seriously, but they do still startle guests from time to time.

My condolences on your fishly losses. It sucks when that sort of thing happens. I had a plague sweep through my aquarium a few years ago that took out two thirds of my fish, and there was nothing I could do to prevent it. I've lost few fish since then, but I attribute that more to luck than judgement. Sadly, it's the nature of fishkeeping that fish are delicate and can come down with odd diseases from time to time despite one's best efforts. Good luck in your case, and may you lose no more.