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I got up this morning to find one of my Peacock Cichlids had died. He was fine when I went to bed, but dead when I got up. Also, he died with his mouth FULLY OPENED. Other than that he looked fine, no wounds or anything.

Were his gills extended? What was the temperature in the tank? Mouth wide open can be a lot of things, but a common one is suffocation in an overheater or stagnant tank.

-Molly
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Tank was 80 degrees and I have two filters running in the tank. I am having a problem with some D$#N snails right now. I HAVE NO IDEA where they came from, but they are hard to get rid of. Im treating the tank with "Had-a-Snail" but the guy at the Pet store told me that it wouldn't hurt my fish.


I just did a major water change and I think that I am going to completly empty the tank, wash it with bleach, throw everything in it away, and start over from scratch. I just have to wait till I have time, so for the meantime Im just going to try to keep my other fish alive. Some of these guys Ive had for about 2 years and they are still doing great.