My female dottyback just died

[Keri]

Aww, sorry to hear that Marie.

I've never heard of egg binding in fish, as the eggs they produce lack a hard shell but I suppose anything is possibe....it's also possible she was quite old, unless she was captive bred? Was the pot belly recent, or was it common when she was laying eggs?

Having seen your system it certainly isn't lack of good husbandry!!

[marie]

She was an ora captive bred and i don't think she was that old unless they only live 3 or so years. She's always had a round belly just not quite this extreme and there wasn't a mark on her

Here's another pic that I took when I was netting her body out of the tank

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Try doing an autopsy, CSI style, to see if there are any eggs in that belly.

[Keri]

Originally Posted by SeaHorse_Fanatic

Try doing an autopsy, CSI style, to see if there are any eggs in that belly.

Need a scalpel? take pictures!

[marie]

I thought about doing a necropsy but i don't have anything small and sharp enough to do a clean enough job of it. So she went to the great porcelain fish heaven

[christyf5]

Aww that sucks Marie. I wonder if she had an intestinal blockage maybe?

[marie]

Whats really sad is the male is cruising around looking for her this morning