What in the world happened????

Masterbetta · 12-19-2011, 12:04 AM

I noticed one of my black skirt tetras stomach area looked very large before leaving for work and when I got home it was dead, I have a total of 5 black skirts now down to 4

RIP, I don't believe I have overfed the one with the larger stomach area I had him along with the others for a little over a year now, I'm including some pictures hopefully someone can help me figure out what happened. My tank includes 1 male betta, fantail goldfish, 2 plecos, and now 4 black skirt tetras.

Also, I do not believe any of the fish are suspect in this unfortunate mishap.

Summer · 12-19-2011, 12:07 AM

O.O wow. I have no idea. But that is a really good picture of an unfortunate mishap.

TypeYourTextHere · 12-19-2011, 12:20 AM

Reminds me of the movie Alien.

Gizmo · 12-19-2011, 02:30 PM

Was it wounded like that or did you perform an autopsy? Could have been constipation, bloating, internal infection, or a botched pregnancy.

Masterbetta · 12-19-2011, 03:01 PM

Yes, it was wounded like that, no autopsy preformed here. Now that you say constipation and bloating either of those may be the case or possibly a botched pregnancy, I'm not sure since i did not know the sex of this fish. My best bet would be either bloating or constipation probably. Because as I was leaving for work that one looked particularly bloated. I'm keeping a close eye on my other tetras at this time, so far so good. Back to the store I go to get another black skirt tetra.

Gizmo · 12-19-2011, 03:41 PM

Don't feed for a few days, and maybe consider switching food. You might have had some bad flakes or something.

Masterbetta · 12-19-2011, 03:54 PM

Ok will do, thanks for your help Gizmo.

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