Latticed Butterfly sudden death

[Poseidon Black Sea]

Anyone knows cause of death? Latticed Butterfly. Had him for 2 months now, was eating like a pig; Mysis Krill blood worms and clams. last night he had bloodworms and krill fosed with lipovit and lipogarlic. Maybe he ate too much?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Anyone knows cause of death? Latticed Butterfly. Had him for 2 months now, was eating like a pig; Mysis Krill blood worms and clams. last night he had bloodworms and krill fosed with lipovit and lipogarlic. Maybe he ate too much?

I dont see signs of aggression or bloating from overeating but do see local bruising on body which could be from injury, or scratching due to flukes. If flukes applied, you would have seen elevated breathing, sudden darting, loss of appetite, loss of color and hazy eyes as examples

 

[Poseidon Black Sea]

I dont see signs of aggression or bloating from overeating but do see local bruising on body which could be from injury, or scratching due to flukes. If flukes applied, you would have seen elevated breathing, sudden darting, loss of appetite, loss of color and hazy eyes as examples

Maybe he was caught with cyanide and it took around 2 months to kill
him? Can i perform an autopsy maybe i find something? he was eatting really good last night also no descoloration

 

[vetteguy53081]

Maybe he was caught with cyanide and it took around 2 months to kill
him? Can i perform an autopsy maybe i find something? he was eatting really good last night also no descoloration

I give cyanide a low probability but skin scrape and microscope check of internal may reveal something

 

[Jay Hemdal]

Maybe he was caught with cyanide and it took around 2 months to kill
him? Can i perform an autopsy maybe i find something? he was eatting really good last night also no descoloration

Unlikely to be cyanide - that usually causes mortality within 45 days of collection.

Flukes are a possibility, but they would have come on more gradually, not overnight like that.

What tankmates was it in with?

 

[JumboShrimp]

So sorry-- I'm sure after 2 months you were already very fond of him. (Curious-- did you quarantine?)

 

[Poseidon Black Sea]

So sorry-- I'm sure after 2 months you were already very fond of him. (Curious-- did you quarantine?)

yeah man, there is no signs of any parasites that i know of.

 

[Poseidon Black Sea]

Unlikely to be cyanide - that usually causes mortality within 45 days of collection.

Flukes are a possibility, but they would have come on more gradually, not overnight like that.

What tankmates was it in with?

An arabic Angelfish and a gem tang, but they weren t bothering him. idk i wish i ve had a camera on the tank to see what happened

 

[Jay Hemdal]

An arabic Angelfish and a gem tang, but they weren t bothering him. idk i wish i ve had a camera on the tank to see what happened

I just worry that there was some sudden breakdown in compatibility and that the latticed got attacked. It could be over in a short time, you could have missed it.