2point was no longer able to capture any of the brine shrimp. I think he sort of said goodbye – an astronaut floating in space.
Category: individual
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Vienna_11.07.20_07:42 pm
reason to hope
Vienna_24.06.20_04:22 pm longfin still worries me as well. He now has wounds on both sides and looks a bit mangy. He used to be the most splendid looking fish among the fish in my aquarium. I hope he will survive. There is reason to hope, as it seems that mdm, who has had similar symptoms, … Continue reading
not yet
Vienna 24.06.20_04:00 pm When I got home last night, 2point was floating on the surface. I was sure that he was dead; but he wasn’t. He shot away as I approached him. This afternoon [see picture above] I was again sure that he was dead. I couldn’t see an eye movement nor any other … Continue reading
repetitive behavior
longfin has wounds similar to mdm. I still cannot say for sure whether they were caused internally or externally. He shows repetitive behavior, spends most of the time on the right side of the aquarium, hovers for a while in the same place, does a little tour and returns to the location to stand still … Continue reading
tough fish
6. Juni 2020, 11:07 am [mdm and 2point] mdm has an ulcer or sore. I think her health condition is not the best. Her scales seem rough and she also didn’t get rid of a thread of faeces for one day. One the first glance I thought 2point is dead. But he is tough. [I … Continue reading
food
2. Juni 2020, 01:06 pm [john dow] In the labs fish are fed with different food. Sometimes it is commercial fish food, sometimes they bred food for the fish. I will investigate on that. I remember a funny detail. In one source it was told that the zebra fish in the fish facility in Tübingen … Continue reading
personal preferences
The observed preferences are not stable and only valid for a period of a few days. ▲ 1point prefarably loiters in the separated ‘food chamber’ mainly close to the bottom. He has this habit since about one week. ▲ For a couple of days bent also had a preference for the right side of the … Continue reading
bad luck
2point is not recovering. I fear that he will be the next fish at the cemetery. However, he still has an appetite. Yesterday I was in a pet shop and asked for advice. According to the owner, it is not the cyanobacteria that caused the poisoning. Just something like bad luck. He also did not … Continue reading
neurotoxicity ?
26.05.20_07:53 am hook is dead. His death was not unexpected. This morning I found him on the bottom of the fish tank. As mentioned before, he was swaying. The swaying worsened the last days, and it was sad to watch him in this condition. “Motor incoordination: A general loss of normal coordination of body movements … Continue reading
mdm
Vienna_21.05.20_01:05 pm I am training myself to distinguish individual fish. The fish on the image is a female, I call her mdm [madame]. It’s not that easy to catch a fish. It seems that mdm got slightly injured when I tried to catch her {see arrow]. It turned out later that the presumed injury probably … Continue reading
relocation
Vienna_20.05.20_04:40 pm The day before I started to transfer the fish into another tank. The bowl served as an interstation. It is filled with a mixture of water from the initial aquarium and the new one to minimize the shock of altered water conditions. If you look closely, you will see that one of the … Continue reading