need help fast she's giving birth

[paige]

oh yea i added a couple bushy lookin plants for them to hide in and a few med sized rocks ...alot of them are still rolled up so hopefully all turns out good

hey sunniesunn try flicking them with a spoon (the was that r curled up) not to hard but it does the trick for me dont be scared to try it i do it all the time sometimes they r going to die if they stay curled up because they have to oxygen try it with one of them i'm sure it will work.

GOOD LUCK

 

[sunniesunn]

Ok got up this morning and mommy fish that gave birth yesturday had passed away I had put her back in the main tank last night when she was done giving birth.Well now I can'nt get the fry to eat and alot of them are staying buried in the gravel only 1 or 2 are swimming around is this normal?

 

[paulthegreat]

I have had a lot of unopened eggs/embrios with my swordies, they are usually from my female that gives birth to about 100 at a pop. Not all of the fry are fully developed when it comes time if it is a large/older female. Are you using a net or a plastic trap? Moving the Mommy at the time of birthing can stress them. Putting them first in a net or trap and then moving them to a fast cycle tank will cause more stress. I have only a plastic trap and my Yoyos would just suck the fry through the grills so I put a nylon hose over the trap to stop the little buggers from sucking them out. I was very concerned the first few times my girls gave birth but since they birth every 35-50 days you should have a lot of time to get a feel for what to do. The first few times are quite the adventure, but I am sure you will find a way to get them to survive. I just made my first sale of 15 swordie juveniles to one of my LFS for about $21.50 USD(150 swedish crowns).

 

[colegamby]

when my platy first gave birth a good number of the fry stayed on the bottom, but after awhile they perked up and started swimming around a week later all are happy and swimming around. i lost a few though but i still have 7 or 8 left.

 

[DeepSeaFishin]

thats interesting that the fry already have color in them, they normally dont

anyway, next time you think shes about to give birth, thers is no need what so ever to place her in the breeder net

1 - its stressful and she can abort the pregnancy
2 - if you provide many floating plants bunched together the fry will survive long enough for you to net them up and place them in your 5 gallon tank

 

[sunniesunn]

well unfortuntly she won't be giving birth again she passed the next morning ... butt her little fry are slowly coming out of there hiding spaces and showing off they all have alot of color on them i've counted 12 still alive .......

 

[DeepSeaFishin]

The reason might have been because you placed her in the fry breeding net, as i said above in my post, if you move them near birth, they will become VERY stressed and abort giving birth or in your case, death.

Thats good you have 12 fry, remember to feed them finley crushed whatever it may be 3 times a day and soon youll have healthy fish!

 

[guppy_man]

hi sunniesunn its me again how are your little fry doing
mine are doing ok but im supprised that yours have got colour its not fair lol ive had my guppy fry for a month now and they have only just started to get colour im going to sell some or give them to my local pet store because i havent got the room for them all, thats the trouble with livebearers they dont stop breeding and when they give birth they have loadz o well tell me how good your fry are doing sometime ok bi

 

[sunniesunn]

Hi Guppyman my little fry are doing good they are moving around more and they started eating today some are still buried in the gravel but most of them are staying around this clam I have in there I also put 2 baby apple snails in there today with them I noticed they were in my main tank today so I put them in there to.......as far as there color some are a solid yellowish orange some have black streaks on them.did you get the new fish you wanted to get at the pet store?

 

[MoUtHoFsAuRoN]

helo im new so....helo