Juvenile apistogramma cacatuoides dying

[Apistog6]

Hi there I have had 4 female apisto suddenly die before they have had a chance to lay their eggs. It was their first time & every one of them died first. What would cause this? I have heaps of caves and plants I’m not sure what is going on.

 

[MacZ]

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[Edvin]

Hi there I have had 4 female apisto suddenly die before they have had a chance to lay their eggs. It was their first time & every one of them died first. What would cause this? I have heaps of caves and plants I’m not sure what is going on.

I can't help you, but I had the same thing, 2 of my female died too, and still search the answer.

 

[Apistog6]

Template for disease/parasite/death cases

This template contains the most important questions to be answered when dealing with sick or dead fish to find causes and advise on treatments. Please copy and paste into a new thread and answer the questions as precise as possible. Water parameters should be given in numbers. "Fine" or "good"...

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Please copy, paste and answer the template. But no guarantees, determining such things in hindsight is near impossible.

Hey hey , i recently added some new plants (a heap of javafern) to my 4ft tank and my female juvenile apistogramma population keeps decreasing by the day . Ive had them since they hatched back in aug .ive had the Tank set up since april . Theyre on a diet of drp1/2 , bbs & the occasional blood/black worms. Ph is around 6.8, 0 amonia, 0 nitrites and nitrates between 5-10, GH 6 , KH 3 . I have 20 ish apistos give or take , 3 danios , 2 dark knight rams . I havent seen any changes to their behaviour , theyre all eating as normal . Its happening to all egg carrying juvies and im at a loss on what to do . Once theyve died their stomach reddens & the eggs start to come out .

 

[Apistog6]

I can't help you, but I had the same thing, 2 of my female died too, and still search the answer.

Ive lost about 6 now .

 

[MacZ]

Once theyve died their stomach reddens & the eggs start to come out .

That sounds rather like an internal parasite problem.

Plus the tank has a population density problem. Have you thought about thining out the population actively by rehoming fish, be it to other tanks or other owners?

Care to share a picture of the whole tank and some of the fish for clarification?