question about my severum fish

Question
Hi!  I recently bought some tropical fish, including a pair of severum.  SInce yesterday evening, I sound sluggish movements in one of them with a swollen belly accompanied with a lack of appetite.  This evening, the diseased fish stopped fallping its fins and finally stopped breathing.  Would you please advise me on some reasons why the fish did not survive ? Is there any specific action/medication to be taken with the second fish of this kind ?

Thanks
Jacintha Francis

Answer
Hi Jacintha,
  Did the fish appear to have any physical wounds, e.g., scars or missing scales?  It is most likely that it was attacked by another fish.  

  [I am assuming that your tank has been properly set up and fully cycled, and that you didn't just put fish in a new tank.]


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