Venustus deaths

[ben]

Hey guys I've got a friend that in 2 consecutive days has lost his male Venustus then his female, he's finding them in the morning belly up near death and twitching. He thinks during the night they're jumping and hitting the glass canopy but I'm thinking that there's something more sinister going on maybe a parasite that's affecting there nervous system or its somethings neurological, any ideas ??

[Mastiffman/ Duramax7Man7]

Gosh sorry I didn't see this sooner.

What is his water change schedule and routine.

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Does he have a master test ket to do a full check on water parameters? Did deaths coincide with a recent water change?

[ben]

I think he does 50% once a week, I got him to check his parameters and he said all was spot on.

[Mastiffman/ Duramax7Man7]

What tank mates does he have? Any pics of the fish? Anything changed recently? Parasites.dont just show up. If they are present they may not hurt the fishbuntil its stressed. If the fish floating upside down, then I woukd assume an air sack issue which is either related to being constipate and not allow the has to escape the sack or there is a bacterial infection.

How many fish are in the tank? Any new ones added recently? Just wanting to know the full story. Otherwise theres not enough info to help.make a proper diagnosis.

[ben]

I will ask him.

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Ben maybe see if he will join the forum. Then he can post directly. Be great to have some more crew keeping malawi's in the community. Just a thought...

[Mastiffman/ Duramax7Man7]

Very good idea. I know from personal experience that this can be a discouraging task of being the middle man.

[ben]

I've posted the forum link on my Instagram account a while back, I'll put this to him also.