THE DEAD FISH THREAD!!!!!

[SilverArowanaBoi]

One of my Corydoras fish passed away two weeks ago, and man was it stinky when I fished him out of the tank with my hand.

He did not even get a proper burial. I tossed him over the fence into the garden and figured that the insects would take care of it.

But yesterday I found that my cat had found the sunbleached bones and dragged them out to another part of the garden. There I recovered it.

Here you can see why an Oscar fish does not like to eat a Corydoras. They have nasty spines and they are all bone under the skin.

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I'm sorry for your loss. I have to say that the Cory's skeleton is actually kind of cool. I've always wondered what their skeleton looked like. Again sorry for your loss

 

[Ulu]

This fish was with us for about eight years, so I am happy he lived so long.

Here’s some pictures of the ventral side.

You can see that the skeleton does not close over the stomach area but has a big flexy plate of cartilage.

You can also see some of the gill structure.





And those spikes!