Swordtails Still Pregnant

[crazycatfish]

You may know that in early december i put a topic on if my swordtail was pregnant. I got loads of replies saying about 1 or 2 weeks.
All 3 swordtails are still pregnant. Is there something wrong with them? Should i be doing something different?

Please get back to me , Thanks

 

[crazycatfish]

This was the post from before christmas

 

[kribensis12]

They probably had their babies and are pregnant again. It is impossible for a common livebearer like that for her to hold her babies over a month( well, maybe a few days over) but for that long, she would have died. Got any new pic's?

 

[crazycatfish]

fraid not. Will try to get some for tomorrow.

 

[kribensis12]

Okay

 

[fish48]

They probably had their babies and are pregnant again. It is impossible for a livebearer like that for her to hold her babies over a month( well, maybe a few days over) but for that long, she would have died. Got any new pic's?

hi kribensis12
common swordtails/ can hold ther babies for up to 6 weeks.

 

[kribensis12]

Where did you hear this from? I love to find otu cause every website, plus my own experince denies that.

 

[helterskelter]

Fish48 is right.
It's similar to livebearers passing their fry premature.
If stresses they will hold onto the fry for defo 2 week longer so this would be a total of 6 weeks, not heard of much longer but some of the rare fish will wait even longer if the water is bad.