Lilwystynyra

Hey all

Well, my mollie Gwen finally birthed . Sneaky little lady did it while I was having dinner. Came back to give them their last feed and there was a tiny little pair of eyes staring at me!

I caught about 14 fry and put them in my breeder.

BUT



About an hour after I moved them all, I had a HUGE ammonia spike. Seriously, this morning my ammonia was 0. I did a minor water change with the baby move (maybe 10%) and then an hour later, I see the tetra's gills are red and theyre breathing at the surface. Test the water? Ammonia at 4.0!!!! 4.0!!!!!!!!!!! Now it looks like half the fry are dead !!!! *sobs in a corner*

MY POOR BABIES!

Pray with me peoples. I don't want them to all die I've waited so long for Gwen to birth.


EDIT: Just did a second ammonia test after a 50% change, and it's now at 0. Am I getting false readings here?! *smacks API test kit* butbut my poor babies!!!

Lilwystynyra

Some pics

1st one is mummy after birth. She still has a bit of a paunch so I'm wondering if there are a couple more coming.

Note: about 3 of the babies which I had thought were dead (were laying on their side on the floor of the breeder) have bounced back after the water change. Seems I may have caught that ammonia in time! YAY!

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JaneAustenAddict

How terrible! I hope they make it!

iloveengl

I'm glad to see the babies are doing better! They're uber cute.

Meenu

Congrats! Those are amazing pictures.

Keep an eye on the water parameters. Good luck with your new molly babies.

btate617

Those are very good pics of fry, nice job!

Brian