Last night I lost Diablo, I am heartbroken
I changed 20 gallons yesterday afternoon. He seemed fine. He was active, I petted him, he grabbed my hands and arms, he was very gentle. Samantha watched, (she had always been scared of him) she decided she wanted to pet him. She was able to pet him, little did we know it would be the last time.
Around 9 pm I noticed he was on the glass, his arms were corkscrewed, he was a light grey color. I began to worry. I did some tests, everything seemed perfect. I as we all do when something is off, began to go over a check list in my head.
At 10:23 exactly, (I checked my security camera) he began swimming from the bottom to the surface. He inked very lightly. He did this over and over, around 5-6 times the last 3 inkings were extremely heavy. The tank looked like coffee. The first thing I did was remove the bta. I threw it in my 50. I only had 10 gallons of water left so I changed 10 more gallons. I replaced the charcoal and added an extra large bag. My skimmer stopped so I cleaned that. At just past 11, he slid to the bottom.
I need to finish this later...