[jonfromhamilton]

well my hunchback danio died.
i came home one day and it was on the bottom of the tank panting so i put it down.
I have one more with a bit of a hunchback, it’s frustrating they stop eating. and just hang out by itself at the top of the tank until they get too sick to swim.

[jonfromhamilton]

I have one showing this hunchback as well and I just jumped on the net tonight to see if I could see what it was.
what a coincidence!
I have had these fish for about 4 months now and only in the past week have I noticed this one just sitting at the top of the tank with the bow in it.

These fish are driving me nuts actually.
When I first got them they were happy as, breeding and everything, then I moved the tank to the other side of the room, re-arranged their rocks and they are all so different, shy, hiding, hunchback, totally off their food.

I have looked on youtube at CPD feeding and they are ravenous for other people, for me they just don’t seem to think feeding is a priority.
I have tried blood worms, granules, flakes, frozen baby brine shrimp, nothing seems to get them enthusiastic and I fear they are getting a bit thin.

Anyway if this hunchback thing can be fixed do you know how ?
if it is an old age thing would I be more kind to pull it out of the tank and euthenaise it?
it is pretty still there at the top of the water so I am not sure if it is sick.
it kicks it’s tail every now and then just to stay at the same spot in the tank.

[jonfromhamilton]

Hikari first bites
I have seen them approach it but I haven’t seen them eat it.

I have one baby CPD from the first lot of fry left and it has started to opaque up.
today I noticed 3 new transparent babies darting around which is my third lot of fry so far.
at least I know the adults are health and happy.
I am considering giving some of the new fry to a guy who works down at the local aquarium and has more experience than I do and see if he can come up with something.

just about to go to an external filter (fluval 306) so i can put a proper guard on my filter intake in case that is murdering the babies.

looks like I will have to think of something to save them though because the adults will just keep producing more sprogs.

[jonfromhamilton]

from about 12 fry I now have 2 left.
I killed one in a net :S but the rest seem to be dying by thesmelves.
they are in a satellite tank fed by an air bubble pump so they are in clean water the same as the rest of the tank.
I have 8 fully grown CPDs in the tank and they are all fine, no disease.
I wonder why the fry are dying? I am leaning towards food, I can’t think of any other reason.
Any ideas?

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