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	General Z. Danio Question
aquariafishgrl15 Big Fish Posts: 409 Kudos: 49 Votes: 0 Registered: 26-Sep-2002	Hey, haven't been on this site for years. That's what college does to fishkeepers, what can I say. Anyway, I've been keeping up a 10 gallon tank for at least 3 years now and for a while I had three healthy z. danios. However, they all eventually got really thin and then died. The rest of my fish were fine and there were no signs of diseases. I do weekly 20% water changes. I've had this happen in the past with other danios. I have one z. danio left right now and he's been really thin for weeks.
Posted 12-Aug-2006 22:25
Budzilla Enthusiast Posts: 288 Kudos: 197 Votes: 90 Registered: 18-Jul-2006	3 years is a while for a danio to live. They might be dying from old age -Vincent
Posted 12-Aug-2006 23:11
aquariafishgrl15 Big Fish Posts: 409 Kudos: 49 Votes: 0 Registered: 26-Sep-2002	Oops, sorry should have made that clearer. The tank is about 3 years old but the z. danio's only about a year old. The other ones that died were only a few months old as I recall.
Posted 13-Aug-2006 00:32
Budzilla Enthusiast Posts: 288 Kudos: 197 Votes: 90 Registered: 18-Jul-2006	It might be internal parasites then because they imaciate the fish. Another sign is if they are flicking against objects. I have a yoyo loach and a bronze cory on the way to recovery right now from that. You just put the anti- parasite tabs in there, raise the temperature, and if you want give them salt baths. -Vincent
Posted 13-Aug-2006 01:23
Patrick Fish Guru Posts: 2110 Kudos: 355 Votes: 9 Registered: 25-Apr-2002	Did you notice them eating at all? If they were, then I'd say something internal as above. Also, was there a change in their surronding? ie, new fish, new plants, tank moved locations.... *************************************** Just one more tank........
Posted 16-Aug-2006 16:19


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