Other Babies?

[TheSims3Dude]

As in my other post, big mama (my black guppy) gave birth early this morning, I just found another fry but it's see thru! Surely that cannot be her baby??? She's black all over! My swordtail was preggo and I found her dead this morning, maybe she died giving birth?? What do you think? I have no idea what kind of fry this is....

 

[jackyb07s4]

well the father of the mollie may have been a different colour. Have heard sometimes black mollies don't show their colour at first, so don't worry

 

[TheSims3Dude]

Phew,! Ok, it just startled me cuz I thought it would have been black like the big mama is! Lol
It's really weird though, its smaller than the other baby fry, is that normal?

 

[jackyb07s4]

oh, well it can't be a molly then. Molly have the biggest fry of all the common livebearers. What other livebearers have you got in your tank?

 

[TheSims3Dude]

I have a female guppy and swordtail (swordtail died last night though) The guppy doesnt look to pregnant, although I do see a gravid spot, and the swordtail looked like she was getting bigger but not big enough to give birth... If she was and I didn't know, do you think she died after she gave birth? Cuz I woke up this morning and she was dead. After that I found a baby...

 

[jackyb07s4]

Guppies are always pregnant so we have to rule that out for now. Could be a swordtail though. She must have been stressed out and died after birth. But just to be sure..test your water to look for any other possible signs of death.

 

[TheSims3Dude]

Ok! Will Do! Be back in a few and I'll let you know k?

 

[jackyb07s4]

sure thing

 

[TheSims3Dude]

Oh No!
Here's the results:
Nitrite: .50 ppm
Nitrate: 40
pH: 6.6
Ammonia: 0 ppm

I just did a partial waterchange what do you think?

 

[nosoup4you]

Are these results before the water change? If not, you need to do another 50% ASAP.

 

[TheSims3Dude]

I did the results, then I did a waterchange about 25%... is that ok?? All the other fish seem fine? And I just did a water change like 4-5 days ago and everything was fine

 

[nosoup4you]

To be honest, I would do a larger water change...If you did a 50% change your Nitrite would still be at dangerous levels (.25). I'd do like a 75% change and retest in a few hours. If you are still showing Nitrite, do another 50%. How long has the tank been set up?

 

[TheSims3Dude]

It's been set up for about 2-3 years already, this is the first time the nitrites have been high
My molly just had babies early this morning, could that do something to the nitrites?

 

[nosoup4you]

I wouldn't think giving birth would have anything to do with it. Have you done anything different? Did you change/clean filter cartridges recently?

 

[TheSims3Dude]

Yes, about a week ago, omg! Did I mess something up?