Conjoined Fish

[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.

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 =/

im pretty sure my religion has no mention of heaven lol
but i would leave them. maybe they'll seperate or something.

 

[Randomitity]

Having been to a few places that bought and raised mutated creatures and put them on display I have seen a few conjoined fish, snakes, turtles, etc get to average size so I wouldn't just give up on it automatically.

 

[Loui354]

Well it seems that the decision of whether or not to euthanase has been taken out of my hands.

Came down this morning and somehow my male molly has managed to get himself into the breeding tank and the poor fish are no more.

No idea how he has managed it but I hope he has a belly ache.

I suppose that's nature for you!!!!

 

[kevinjames]

its a deformed fish #63###, just put its out of its misery!!!

theres too many people on here who seem to compare fish to mammals and even humans. i personally dont think twice about euthanising a fish i think isnt fairing too well.

 

[This Old Spouse]

You're a little late, Kevin! I think this story came to the best of conclusions. And by the way, my fry did live and are swimming around as adults right now with no apparent side effects!

 

[Mr Melt]

Poor fish =/

At least the sting was off the edge, seeing as you didnt have to make a choice about it =/

@ Spouse - glad to hear that at least =)