Ya know that one black fry that's not doing good?

[aquagirl]

His stomach is abnormally large, so I tink he's one of those like "belly slider" fry or something... if this is so how long will he last? I mean... he just sits on his stomach or on his side all day, hasn't eaten since he was born as far as I know... what do I do?

(So it was not the stress from lack of acclimatin. He'd have recovered like the other one did if not for his stupid stomach.)

 

[Annastasia]

I doubt he is a Belly-Crawler, because they are usually born like that, they don't develop it. It's a better chance he is constipated or bloated. What have you been feeding? Have you tried feeding a pea? And do you have a test kit yet...or not? Because water params would help. And it could be stress...when fish are stressed, they are more likely to develop a disease. Any other signs of problems on him?

 

[aquagirl]

Nope.
How can he be bloated when he hasn't eaten anything?

If it still matters- crushed flake food and today I got some brine shrimp (which I crushed)

 

[Annastasia]

Because being Bloated can be a sign of dropsy. Which is usually caused by bad water quality. Are his scales pineconing? Or anything? Just lying on the bottom?

 

[aquagirl]

He wasn't pineconey. I would've recognized that.

I dunno.. he's gone now... I looked in the breeder this morning and I couldn't find him... What happened? I don't think the guppies jumped in and ate him... maybe he was sticking his tail out of one of the slits in the breeder and they pulled him through?

 

[Annastasia]

Most likely he is under the the little rails in the breeder net. It happens all the time with mine. I doubt he could fit through the breeder net holes, unless it was broken.

 

[aquagirl]

I don't think...
If they pulled he could probably fit.

 

[blitztidus]

i hope for the best