I have had a low maintenance 55 gallon cichlid tank for 3 years now. Last night my 24 inch moray (Gymnothorax tile) I have had for 2 years turned a mottled white with labored breathing late last night and was dead this morning. I have read in quite a few places that 24 inches is pretty much their max size in captivity, so i am not sure if it died from old age.
Tank params are fine and feeding has not changed. At the same time, my longest owned cichlid has been constipated a week, so I gave him a high salinity bath and fed him peas after seeing the moray was ill last night. No change with the constipated cichlid or other fish today, so I am pretty sure the cichlid is just constipated, but I am stumped about the moray. Does anyone have any thoughts on the moray?
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Modified to add that my cichlids have been beating up my thermometer and it broke a couple of days ago. The red fluid never leaked, but the glass and weights were in the tank bottom.
Tank params are fine and feeding has not changed. At the same time, my longest owned cichlid has been constipated a week, so I gave him a high salinity bath and fed him peas after seeing the moray was ill last night. No change with the constipated cichlid or other fish today, so I am pretty sure the cichlid is just constipated, but I am stumped about the moray. Does anyone have any thoughts on the moray?
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Modified to add that my cichlids have been beating up my thermometer and it broke a couple of days ago. The red fluid never leaked, but the glass and weights were in the tank bottom.
