Sadness and Confusion

[fishlady]

....i had two chocolate cichlids that i've had for almost a year now....
one was about 6 inches and the other is about 4-5 inches....
my 6 inch baby died tonight.....it is totally confusing me as to it's demise....
it was fine this morning when i left for work....but when i went to do the weekly water change it was floating in the tank.....
it had no marks on it....no fins nipped or anything....
it's tank mates are as follows;
the other chocolate
14 inch pleco
3 angels about 4 inches
2 yo yo loaches
6 brichardi juvies
2 green terrors
one rainbow
several buffalo's the biggest is about 3 inches
2 green sevrums
4 tetrocephalus
they all live in a 135 gallon with a 2217 ehiem
350 magnum
250 powerhead
280 emperor hob

are any of the mentioned tank mates guilty of this horrible thing....or is this just one of those unexplained instances where i loose my favorite fishie.....?????
i have no fights in there....all the fishies are sooooooooo docile....they eat out of my hand.....

it's just a sad night here i can say that much......

[CichlidFan]

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I'm sorry about your friend Hershey.....he was so pretty.....I'll take kisses to work with me as soon as that tank is fully cycled.

CF

[fishlady]

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okay...he will like that big tank ......thanks.....

[SteveCGG]

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sorry to hear that...maybe old age? has anyone had a thread of how long fish live in captivity?

[fishlady]

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according to all that i can find to read on them...they live about 10 years....or more.....

[imagirlgeek]

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Oh Loretta, I am so sorry.  

[fishlady]

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thanks traci.......
i'm still so sad......he was sooooooooo gorgeous....
i'll miss him very very much.......

[eklikewhoa]

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Very sorry about your loss......everything sounds to be in good order and IMO if there was something wrong in the tank those Loaches would probably have shown first distress.

I have to second the old age.....either that or some sort of internal infectiion/pathogen.

[fishboyt]

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Ms. Loretta,
  I am sorry to hear about your friend.  :(


  Treston

[fishlady]

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thanks everyone.....
EK...he wasn't but a year old almost....i'm really puzzled about him passing....
but everyone else seems to be okay so far as of this morning.....
the loaches are doing fine.....
i do water changes once a week on all my tanks....
he was such a big guy....and gorgeous......
you may be right...sometimes i guess those icky things just get hold of them for some unknown reason...
it's still very sad to loose him....he was sooooooooo beautiful.....

[justdoit]

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hope it was an isolated loss.     never good timing especially when favorites are involved.    so sorry.  V

[rahne]

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sorry about your loss. Chocolates are so pretty.

[finfan]

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sorry about the loss, sometimes just freak of nature happens

[myjohnson]

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Sorry to hear about your lost.  I was just wondering if your tank is over stock and under filtered? Not an expert.....was just wondering.  Again sorry for your lost.

[fishlady]

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no it's not overstocked ....
and i have plenty of filtration and aireation in there as well.....
read above at the list of occupants and filtration i have in there....