Why did she die

[willywonka099]

Well my silver sailfin molly gave birth 3 days ago to around 20 fry that i know of i have fifteen upon others i am letting themrun it out in the main but neway the fry are in a plastic trap for now and i woke up wthis morning to find my silver sailfin molly dead in the trap NO MISSING BABIES !?!?!? what happened ?

 

[lee_an]

She stressed out in the breeding trap.Never liked or used them before.Just put in lots of plants,real or plastic and young should survive

 

[skimpy]

So sorry to hear about your Sailfin

I used a breeding box before I had my baby tank. I did not put mum in it though, I let nature take it course and netted out any babies I had and just put the babies into the breeding box, what lee-an says is right, they will survive with plenty of places to hide but you will not get quite so many as some may get eaten, but mum will be OK. I have read quite often on here that mum's die when moved at wrong time (too early or too late), or because they get stressed in the box.

 

[willywonka099]

No no no, she had the babies out of the box and i used it to store the 15 fry i netted ............. Mom jumped into the box when it had no lid or v in it and died ....... she was swimming fne in the mroning (had her babies sometime in the night) and one day later was dea in the box
I was going to use a box for my sword b/c the male seems to love to eat them as they drop but i dont wnat to trap her in there with a lid b/c she jumps out and i admire her strength and intellegence to do that

 

[skimpy]

Oh I'm so sorry, thats terrible

I've seen a fish jump from one tank to the next in a lfs, but I've been lucky so far none of mine have ever tried to jump.