hi my fish died earlier and i have loads of responses and i need to no if i can cut her open. if i do, which i am ,if there are fry can i put them with the pregnant platty
2007-10-08 04:07:22 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
You can cut it open, but you won't find any babies there alive
It sounds like your guppy died due to stress, and the fry won't be developed yet, otherwise she would have had them already
Hope that helps
Good luck
EB
2007-10-12 03:15:24 · answer #1 · answered by Kribensis lover 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You mean you want to cut the eggs out and put them in with another fish?
I'm no expert, but I don't think that would work. Plus, if the guppy died, the fry probably aren't very healthy.
2007-10-08 04:11:59 · answer #2 · answered by Dovienya 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A guppy is small enough that I strongly doubt you could cut babies out of it. Plus I'm sure they don't live very long once the mother's dead, assuming that she was far enough along for them to be born yet in the first place. Feel free to cut it open...just don't expect much. And in the rare even that there ARE live babies inside...your other fish will eat them.
2007-10-08 04:29:02 · answer #3 · answered by Kirsten 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The babies are probably dead by now. I read you can reach into the water and tap against her stomach, the babies may come out. If you cut it open out of water they'd obviously die.
2007-10-08 07:52:38 · answer #4 · answered by Laura 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about the latter but I do know it's your obligation to do an autopsy. You have to find out why your beloved guppy died.
2007-10-08 04:12:41 · answer #5 · answered by Olivia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ummmm you want to eat it and fry it up? I suppose you could 'disect' it but......
EWWWW!
2007-10-08 04:11:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋