So maybe it wont be so mysterious to you guys.
10 gallon tank. (Was) 3 guppies, 2 female, 1 male and 2 rasboras. Male has been in the tank at least 3-4 months. Females and Rasboras 5-6 months. Tank is well established and parameters are fine.
I found my guppy dead this morning. Completely (almost creepily) extremely inverted. Never seen that with any of my dead fish before. The thing that weird-ed me out was I saw ZERO signs of any sickness or strange behavior from this guppy. She was always healthy and the stronger (larger) of the two females. Was eating as of I believe yesterday. When I bought the male I obviously came in wanting to possibly experiment with pregnancy/fry. However, as time ticked by there was no pregnant females (strange)...so I sort of just gave up on the idea and moved on with my life. The last time I looked at this guppy I actually noticed she looked a bit larger in the belly but I figured it was just food as it usually is. After seeing her this morning, as you can imagine, I was shocked to see her as in the attached photos. There was also a slit in the belly and all the other fish were starting to nibble her away. (Also a behavior I hadn't seen in my tank when I had fish die before). Was she pregnant? How do you propose this happened so abruptly?
Thoughts??
10 gallon tank. (Was) 3 guppies, 2 female, 1 male and 2 rasboras. Male has been in the tank at least 3-4 months. Females and Rasboras 5-6 months. Tank is well established and parameters are fine.
I found my guppy dead this morning. Completely (almost creepily) extremely inverted. Never seen that with any of my dead fish before. The thing that weird-ed me out was I saw ZERO signs of any sickness or strange behavior from this guppy. She was always healthy and the stronger (larger) of the two females. Was eating as of I believe yesterday. When I bought the male I obviously came in wanting to possibly experiment with pregnancy/fry. However, as time ticked by there was no pregnant females (strange)...so I sort of just gave up on the idea and moved on with my life. The last time I looked at this guppy I actually noticed she looked a bit larger in the belly but I figured it was just food as it usually is. After seeing her this morning, as you can imagine, I was shocked to see her as in the attached photos. There was also a slit in the belly and all the other fish were starting to nibble her away. (Also a behavior I hadn't seen in my tank when I had fish die before). Was she pregnant? How do you propose this happened so abruptly?
Thoughts??