Conjoined Fish

[Loui354]

Hi

This may sound very weird but I suspected my endler was about to give birth and isolated her a couple of hours ago.

She has since given birth to around 10 fry. On closer inspection it seems that 'one' of the fry is in fact two fish joined together and at the moment is still alive.

I have never heardof conjoined fish. Has anyone else seen this happen???

 

[sorgan]

no but i want to see it !!

 

[SchottayB]

I want to see this too!

 

[Loui354]

Will try and get a pic

 

[bae1994]

Yeah it's pretty common and sadly they often die prematurely but there's not many photos so would also like to see

 

[Loui354]

Here are the best pics I can get for now. The poor things are swimming round in circles.

 

[StandbySetting]

I think that it is only fair to euthanise this fish, it's quality of life will be poor.

 

[SchottayB]

Never seen that before! Looks so strange

 

[juggernuts]

+1 on StandBySetting

 

[fluttermoth]

+2
Livebearers have so many fry, these things inevitabley happen; it's sad, but there you are; there's nothing you could have done to prevent it.

 

[Mr Melt]

Would you euthanise a person in the same predicament? How can we be so certain that the conjoined Livebearer is in fact suffering?

Personally I would suggest letting it live, where it will either die naturally or thrive. As I said before, we can't be certain that the 2 of them are in pain.

 

[This Old Spouse]

Would you euthanise a person in the same predicament? How can we be so certain that the conjoined Livebearer is in fact suffering?

Personally I would suggest letting it live, where it will either die naturally or thrive. As I said before, we can't be certain that the 2 of them are in pain.

A fish is not a person, and we have the option to euthanize or not. I would euthanize these because living will be difficult for them, if not impossible. Please don't compare fish to people.

My guppies have given birth to conjoined fry, but they were joined at the tail and actually pulled apart on their own within about an hour.

 

[Mr Melt]

Would you euthanise a person in the same predicament? How can we be so certain that the conjoined Livebearer is in fact suffering?

Personally I would suggest letting it live, where it will either die naturally or thrive. As I said before, we can't be certain that the 2 of them are in pain.

A fish is not a person, and we have the option to euthanize or not. I would euthanize these because living will be difficult for them, if not impossible. Please don't compare fish to people.

My guppies have given birth to conjoined fry, but they were joined at the tail and actually pulled apart on their own within about an hour.

Seeing as I'm a staunch egalitarian; in my eyes I'm no more important on this Earth than the OP's conjoined fish......

But back on topic; unless the fish is obviously suffering then I wouldn't advise euthanizing it. Give it a day - as it seems to be the opinion of more experienced fishkeepers it wont live very long anyway. Besides it might do what Spouse's guppies did and split apart!

PS - Spouse, did your conjoined fry survive?

 

[AstonN24vantage]

Would you euthanise a person in the same predicament? How can we be so certain that the conjoined Livebearer is in fact suffering?

Personally I would suggest letting it live, where it will either die naturally or thrive. As I said before, we can't be certain that the 2 of them are in pain.

A fish is not a person, and we have the option to euthanize or not. I would euthanize these because living will be difficult for them, if not impossible. Please don't compare fish to people.

My guppies have given birth to conjoined fry, but they were joined at the tail and actually pulled apart on their own within about an hour.

Seeing as I'm a staunch egalitarian; in my eyes I'm no more important on this Earth than the OP's conjoined fish......

But back on topic; unless the fish is obviously suffering then I wouldn't advise euthanizing it. Give it a day - as it seems to be the opinion of more experienced fishkeepers it wont live very long anyway. Besides it might do what Spouse's guppies did and split apart!

PS - Spouse, did your conjoined fry survive?

but it is suffering. not only that, life is very hard. heaven's a better place than semi-hell.

 

[Mr Melt]

Would you euthanise a person in the same predicament? How can we be so certain that the conjoined Livebearer is in fact suffering?

Personally I would suggest letting it live, where it will either die naturally or thrive. As I said before, we can't be certain that the 2 of them are in pain.

A fish is not a person, and we have the option to euthanize or not. I would euthanize these because living will be difficult for them, if not impossible. Please don't compare fish to people.

My guppies have given birth to conjoined fry, but they were joined at the tail and actually pulled apart on their own within about an hour.

Seeing as I'm a staunch egalitarian; in my eyes I'm no more important on this Earth than the OP's conjoined fish......

But back on topic; unless the fish is obviously suffering then I wouldn't advise euthanizing it. Give it a day - as it seems to be the opinion of more experienced fishkeepers it wont live very long anyway. Besides it might do what Spouse's guppies did and split apart!

PS - Spouse, did your conjoined fry survive?

but it is suffering. not only that, life is very hard. heaven's a better place than semi-hell.

Depends whether you believe in Heaven eh? =P

Nah I understand. If I was in the OP's shoes I would at least leave the fry a day (with its siblings) and see what happens. But then again I can't physically see how the poor things faring at present =/