Tom

One of my females dropped during the night, but I still can't find any fry, so I am assuming that they were eaten.
Tom

Tom

Well my other female dropped a lot of fry today(20-30) and I plan on raising them and then putting them up for auction at one of my asw meetings. I can't get pics right now since the fry are in a breeder net and my camera doesn't do to well with the net.
Tom

swords3711

Congrats!!!
Good Luck
What should I do to get more productive fry
Feed the mother more or less?

Tom

What do you mean by productive?
Tom

swords3711

more healthy would be a better way to put it

Tom

I know that I feed mine BBS frozen or live and I end up with the same number I started with usually. I also isolate the female in a breeder net till she drops so I can get all the fry and this way I can moniter the numbers. Just a couple of tips from one breeder to another. I was able to get some pics, they turned out better than I had thought. I will add then asap.
Tom

Tom

Here are my swordtail fry, as well as some black guppy fry and a platy fry.

The sword fry are orange and white.
Tom

swords3711

Wow they already have a nice coloration!
About feeding, I meant the mother...sorry
I did get a new sword pair today. I went to this new petco and ive gotta say, I'm impressed! The tanks were neat and organized and the fish were beautiful. They had about 7 different types of swords there!-painted, red wag, red, pineapple, tuxedo, neon and assorted
The assorteds were only blue, but I'm goin to keep poppin in once in a while in search of my blackies!
There was even a tank of 24 Karat gold mollies that had about 10 nice sized fry in it.
They had probably over a hundred different bettas there, too!
I myself got a pair of the orange tuxedos. I was thinkin about the neon swords, but these weren't labeled correctly so I figured I might as well get them!

Tom

Same thing with the parents, feed them live food or even frozen foods will help with the production and success with the number of the fry.
Tom

swords3711

Unfortunately, I lost my female sword I just got today...

Tom

I'm so sorry, can you get the exchange on her?
Tom

swords3711

thank god yes
she had a nice color to her too
i just wish i wouldn't have lost her
it seems that my fish either die in the first two weeks or after about 5 months

swords3711

i'm so excited! My mm sword is startin to show a gravid spot! Its awesome!
How r the fry doin?

swords3711

Well I returned her and the male I lost a few days later An d got a pair of neon swords. The female is quite large(pregnant) so I'll probably pin her up.

Tom

I looked into the net and couldn't find any of the fry in there, so they must have found a hole in it and then either got eaten or are still in hiding.
Tom

swords3711

Sorry to here that.

Tom

Thanks.
Tom

swords3711

Well I got three neon swords. Both females dropped but I couldn't find any fry.