Sad day for fish

[Hevydevy]

Well I lost my first fish today - my giraffe hap.

No idea what happened. Came home and found him floating.

No obvious damage so it doesn't look like he was attacked. He was one of two new fish I bought a week ago.

The tank has had fish for about 4-5 weeks now and the rest seem fine.

After I found him I did a thorough clean, cleaned the filter and replaced the carbon, did a water change etc. so hopefully if there was a problem with the water i've fixed the problem or am on the way to but as I said the other fish seem fine at the moment.

Any idea what could have happened anyone?

 

[KingOfTheDeep]

what are your water parameters?, temps?

 

[Hevydevy]

Yeah everything has been perfect. Temp 24 degrees, no traces of ammonia, nitrate or nitrite for the past few weeks. Caught me completely by surprise to be honest.

 

[Mgamer20o0]

a cycled tank would not have 0 of ammonia, nitrate or nitrite. 24 degrees is below freezing. how big of tank and whats in it?

 

[Omega]

24 degrees is below freezing.

Celcius.

 

[Marinemom]

24 degrees on the celcius scale I am assuming. Also in a cycled tank you will have 0 ammonia and 0 nitrite but the nitrates will or should be between 5 and 20 for a healthy aquarium.

Marinemom

 

[DeRo316]

Sorry to hear of your loss, I remember us identifying it recently!

If you completely cleaned your filter you may now experience a mini-cycle while more bacteria colonize.

It would be best to test your water and post the parameters.