Flying Fox Eats Pregnant Platy

[Apolloefc]

Gutted. Platy was days away from giving birth too

Suggestions on what to do with the flesh eating flying fox?

 

[DarkEntity]

A Flying Fox doesnt have a large enough mouth to eat a Platy. Any fish however will feed on a dead fish. What else do you have in the tank

 

[orange shark]

it wont have eaten your platy

 

[Apolloefc]

Yeha i realised when i got in it couldnt have been the flying fox. However, the poor little platy had its belly eaten as well as all the little frys that where in there. I suspect a certain male platy now as it was constantly chasing her the last few days

 

[orange shark]

the males chase females when theyre pregnant all the time, i dont think a platy would do that

 

[Apolloefc]

well none of the others could do it?

Got a few baby mollies from my sister (they are just shy of platy size) 5 neons and (now) 3 platys. The flying fox was eating her, but i agree didnt kill. Anyone offer some suggestions on what could have happened?

 

[orange shark]

i think the female must have just died and then the other fish will have just eaten it, i dont think any fish in there would kill another fish

 

[Apolloefc]

i think the female must have just died and then the other fish will have just eaten it, i dont think any fish in there would kill another fish

came to that conclusion myself too

 

[LilMuppet]

I agree, the fish could have died from the stress - my one platy casualty was when she was also pregnant. Had she been trying to hide quite a lot beforehand?

 

[Richard James Patrick]

However, the poor little platy had its belly eaten as well as all the little frys that where in there.

I found one of my preggers guppies like that before. Came home from work and she had her belly eaten out. It was seriously nasty looking, I just had guppies, platys, mollies and danios at the time. Don't know who the closet piranha was, maybe it was an angry mob, I've seen platys go int a feeding frenzy for bllodworms?

 

[afishdude]

I've seen platys go int a feeding frenzy for bllodworms?

yea bloodworms are food for them.
think about it, you go crazy for lets say a steak, its food for you, would you go into a feeding frenzy after a squirrel running down the street?

 

[Apolloefc]

I agree, the fish could have died from the stress - my one platy casualty was when she was also pregnant. Had she been trying to hide quite a lot beforehand?

not especially

 

[Richard James Patrick]

I've seen platys go int a feeding frenzy for bllodworms?

yea bloodworms are food for them.
think about it, you go crazy for lets say a steak, its food for you, would you go into a feeding frenzy after a squirrel running down the street?

Squirrels, Steaks, what are you on about???
I'm not getting your point.
Something in the tank ate the pregnant guppy and fish are canabals, it's just part of their natural behaviour.