Will a fish starve itself to death

[wild bill]

A bout 2 months ago we got a male rd to go with our female. Well yesterday he was dead in the tank they had 2 batches of fry and he really guarded them so much I don't think he ever ate. Is this possible does it happen often he never looked sick so starving himself is the only thing I can see. Anybody ever have anthing like this or what could it have been?

 

[erk419]

I've never had it happen to me but I've read about it happening to others. On a few occassions its been because a fishes long time mate had died and the got depressed stopped eating and just set in the corner of the tank until nature tooks its course. On a few other ocassions it was due to getting out competed for food but that doesn't really fit you situation.

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[wild bill]

No definetly not he was super agressive he bit my wife and drew blood. He just swam around looking to kill anything but his mate and fry.

 

[arowfan]

when mating, fish let off some kind of hormone i believe-look into it, where they dont eat-if you are intentionally breeding them, i would let them spawn, then let them cool off and recoop ya know...

 

[SkidMark]

yes some fish will starve themself to death in certain situations