when i woke up this morning and saw sword tail still hanging in there- barely i had to put her out of her mysery- even i had to d it as that was just horrid to watch
i am deffinately cutting down on the feeds and substituting frozen for peas more often- i think i over fed- i told fishaholic what...
i read about a bit still puzzled as to what ive done wrong to my swordtail fish
and i read about ammonia poisening due to build up of waste from overfeeding- oops thats sounding a bit familiar! and ive been down this overfeeding route before!
which is why i really needt o get this feeding...
i cant seperate her as i cant keep the temperature hot enough- she needs to be warm- or in the same temp that she always had i think- but i have removed the one that was bothering her.
i ahve read all through the list of disease that have been posted on this emergency forum and none of them...
i have never euthonaised a fish before. i put an urgent message this mornign about my pregnant swordtail fish with bloated massive tummy floating upsidedown or near surface- panting and not moving.
well she went through a bad stage and has now gone right way up and looks a little perkier-...
thanks fishaholic-its a big tank- they arent all squeezed in but i know what you mean- its a bit annoying really as i do go to a very good fish shop and they ahve always said it waas ok to put thes species togetherr- i guess the need to sell fish overcomes their judgem,ents- everfyone has to...
it wopnt let us uplpoad the picture- says the fiole is too big and its only one single picture so dont know what to do there
its a 95 litre elite tank the oth4er fish are
6 little rednose rummy fish
2 black and silver mollys
1 siamesefighter
2 plechys
2 cichlids
it sounds a lot but its a big...
bless you for replying- shall i pute her back in her home tank then and remove the one bothering her instead?
she is now upside down- i fear she is pregant and also bloated for anotherv reason- herbely looks huge and is white.
ill get my son to take a photo and attach it
i need urgent assistance, i am very worried, can someone reply as soon as they read this if they can? :shout:
My swordtail has had many pregnancies i think but weve never seen any of the babies- her tummy gets bigger and then shrinks. anyway its massive now- we have had to move her to a...
she is forever pregnant with little black eye type things in her tummy- but never gives birth! or she does and her babies are eaten before we get to see them- how can we ensure w see the next lot and how can we prevent her frm eating her own?
she shares a tank hapily with six redrummy nose one...