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!

 

[LBDave]

R.I.P. Joseph.
Approx 6.5 years old. Deformed jaw. He was picked on by another Jurupari early in the journey. I made caves for him then removed the other Juru about 9 months later. He survived being in a 110 gal tank with 2 large oscars. He outlived them. He helped bring my 15+ year old silver dollar back from a fungal disease by prodding her to swim and not give up.
Finally he just lost all his strength. Barely swimming (all in last day + 1/2). Had to put him down.
Picture here from stuck chromatophore thread.

 

[AR1]

R.I.P. Joseph.
Approx 6.5 years old. Deformed jaw. He was picked on by another Jurupari early in the journey. I made caves for him then removed the other Juru about 9 months later. He survived being in a 110 gal tank with 2 large oscars. He outlived them. He helped bring my 15+ year old silver dollar back from a fungal disease by prodding her to swim and not give up.
Finally he just lost all his strength. Barely swimming (all in last day + 1/2). Had to put him down.
Picture here from stuck chromatophore thread.

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So sorry for your loss