='( Sad day today, I came back from class and noticed my balloon molly on the aquarium floor in the crab's cave. I was moving the java moss around and I thought he might be scared of the turkey baster, but he normally does not care as long he as he can find something good to eat. Then I looked closer and he was upside down... I used the turkey baster to move him away from the crab (she eats dead fish) and noticed he was dead ='(
Here's my question... does anyone know the cause of his death? My only clue is that he was sunk to the bottom of the aquarium, upside-down. He looks completely perfect, the fins, coloration, body. In the morning, I gave him and the danio freeze-dried bloodworms and Nutrafin betta flake food. I've never fed them the latter before, and I'm wondering if the betta food could be poisonous to him? I also doubt it's "old age" because we only had him for a couple weeks (I got him on Valentine's day). He is only about 1 inch big, and thogh Balloon mollies have a lifespan of ~1 year, I doubt it's b/c of old age.
I miss him very much, I always wanted a balloon molly and he's so absolutely adorable! my danio loves him, he got much happier and fatter, and they chase eachother around when they're not rubbing on eachother.
Here's my question... does anyone know the cause of his death? My only clue is that he was sunk to the bottom of the aquarium, upside-down. He looks completely perfect, the fins, coloration, body. In the morning, I gave him and the danio freeze-dried bloodworms and Nutrafin betta flake food. I've never fed them the latter before, and I'm wondering if the betta food could be poisonous to him? I also doubt it's "old age" because we only had him for a couple weeks (I got him on Valentine's day). He is only about 1 inch big, and thogh Balloon mollies have a lifespan of ~1 year, I doubt it's b/c of old age.
I miss him very much, I always wanted a balloon molly and he's so absolutely adorable! my danio loves him, he got much happier and fatter, and they chase eachother around when they're not rubbing on eachother.
I'm very sad even though I have only had this type of fish for about a month. I bought a new filter and set it up Friday. It works much better than the old one I had. My water is fine, tested with API test kit. She was chubby like she might be pregnant. Could she just have been fat and overeating? 
