Snakeskin Guppy Death

[zain611]

Today one of my snakeskin died and i saw him this morning near my hatchery with his tail taken off and his mouth open. Anyone wonder how he died, his stomach looked little bigger then my other guppy.

 

[fluttermoth]

Have you tested the water? Is this one of the guppies that you cycled with?

 

[zain611]

Water paremeters are fine no nitite and ammonia readings and yes it was one of the fish i cycled the tank so that may of shorten its life span or what i was thinking that it was a adult lenth when i bought him so he might died of old age. i did a water change after i flushed him away

 

[fluttermoth]

Yes, it could be any one of a number of different reasons why it died

Btw, in future, please don't flush fish down the toilet. It's not likely, but there is a small possibility that you could accidentally introduce a foreign disease into the rivers. Best put it in the bin, well wrapped up, or bury it.

 

[zain611]

Sorry i didnt think outside the box on flushing him away and now i have to tell my fry which looks like they have his DNA that daddy is gone

Was wondering, did he have a internal parasite problem as hes stomach looked abit bigger

 

[fluttermoth]

It's hard to tell; fish bloat up pretty quickly once they're dead (sorry for being gruesome!), but it's unlikely.

 

[zain611]

Sorry for my mistake but about a week before hes stomach looked big and i think he mostly stayed at the top of the tank. i may also get some fish to replace those that are gone and my female guppy looks alittle weird, it was really active in my fish bowl when i was treating her with finrot and swimbladder and today i put her in the tank and she doent look very active