DSwofford

Hi all, my swordtail started giving birth sometime today and so far there are about 25+ fry. She still has her gravid spot but is pretty much back to her normal size. As far as I can tell she has not given birth to any fry in several hours. Is she taking a break? Is there something wrong? From what I understand the gravid spot is the fry, so if she was done giving birth it would be gone right? I didn't realize she had started giving birth and started to do a water change, I moved her breeder box over so I could get my siphon in the tank and drained about two gallons of water out when I realized I had sucked up several newborn fry. I immediately stopped and refilled the tank with exact water of the exact temperature.
This is my second batch of fry and I have nothing to compare it to since the mother of my last batch died during birth.

Nick G

The Gravid spot won't completly disappear after birthing, it'll just look smaller. Livebearers can take up to 2 days to finish giving birth, but usually it only takes a few hours.

GypsyGirl71

Wow, how exciting. I have one black molly that looks like she is about to burst, she's so big. I'm keeping a close eye on her but not moving her. I really dont have room for raising alot of fry so most will end up being snacks for the others. But it would be cool to rescue and raise maybe a couple.....

aquarist48

Congrats on the new fry. You must be very proud