suddenly sick fish

[Spikor]

so my red rainbow was fine this morning, and now tonight he is upside down on the bottom of my tank. his color is still bright red and i can't see any tumors. however, my ghost shrimps appear to have been chewing on him a bit so he is a bit hacked up. i never noticed any problems with his coat before but now he has a whitish coat on him that is a bit broken up...is this because he's been getting chewed up or is it a symptom and should I euthanize? i've never really seen such an immediate downgrade in health like this so i don't know if it is even worth trying to help him. i don't have a real hospital tank, but i could probably put him in a tiny little container with some air for the night to see if he is still living....

what should i do?

 

[Spikor]

Nevermind. My fish died on his own although I have no idea what happened to him.

 

[jennypenny]

sorry to hear that. how are you other fish doing?

 

[Spikor]

so far everyone seems mostly ok. hopefully no one else catches anything and this was just a case of old age. they seem a little bit emotionally scarred but I think they'll get through it. it's strange looking at the tank now though. he was a really big red spot in a very lush green planted tank so he really stood out. now the tank looks a bit bare even though there are still some very nice fish in there. Thanks for asking.