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Went camping dead fish

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hi

So I went camping for a night I got back tonight to find one on my electic yellows dead!!!. Water parameters were all fine. This is what I have in the tank its around 350litres roughly. 2 red zebras around 4cm long, 1 midnight peacock around 7cm long, 1 female peacock around 8cm long. And HAD 3 yellows around 5cm long ( I measured the dead one it was 5.2cm). Anyone got any ideas as to what happened. I am guessing someone killed it but there was no marks or nothing visibly wrong with it. Could it have been a possible fight between two males although like i said no marks were found on it.
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The tank has been set up for about 2-3months. I got the peacocks about 3 weeks ago I only got the zebras and yellows 1 week ago. Water parameters I measured were, ammonia =0, nitrite = 0 pH 7.7. My normal tank maintenance routine is just a 50% water exchange every week. the fish were not fed when i was away. All fish are added without quarantining them. one of my rainbow fish was also dead.
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hi cichlidaholic

thanks for the advice. Unfortunately i just got home from work to find another of my yellow labs dead. Im guessing it must have been a disease because a relation of mine brought one from the same tank and his was sick yesterday I havent heard if it died overnight. I cant see any symptoms the remaining yellow is has a white sheen on it thats the only thing I can see thats different. I am just lost as to what i have done wrong.

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hi

Nar its a was a white almost like it wasnt a proper yellow however the remaining yellow seems to have got more "yellow". i have seen them rub themselves on the gravel a few times. the remaining yellow hasnt died so I will just see what happens over the next few days and report if anything else happens.

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hi

Well im absoultely disgusted all my yellows are now dead. The only sign is they stop eating a day before they die. can these fish get bloat from normal cichlid pellets? Are yellows a lot weaker then other cichlids? i dont think i will bother with them anymore.

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