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April 18th, 2008
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Fish Addict
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Help! Not Dropping Fry
One of my female swordtails is not dropping her fry....she has been getting bigger and bigger her belly is so big she can bearly move. and it looks like one of her ribs might be about to be poking through her skin.
She has looked like she has been ready to drop for most of a week.
I have her in a Q-tank.
What can I do to help her drop her fry?
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April 18th, 2008
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Fish Bum
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sword tail
Try a water change.Ifind mine drop when i do.
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April 18th, 2008
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Fish Bum
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Mine has the same problem too... she's been pregnant for about 1 month...
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April 18th, 2008
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Fish Bum
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She's getting bigger by the minute, she has her own nursery tank (2 gals) and gets daily water changes to keep ammonia levels down... what can I do? I'm feeding her blood worms, spirulina, flakes and tubiflex worms..
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April 18th, 2008
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Fish Mentor
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are you sure they are pregnant and its not a parasite or constipation? can you get pics of either fish?
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April 18th, 2008
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Fish Bum
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here's three pics of her.. she already has given birth a month ago, but she's still fat.. I can even see "eyes" inside her..
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April 18th, 2008
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Fish Mentor
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wow pregnant for a month and had babies a month ago, this poor lady needs a break LOL ...be patient I guess...28 to 36 days for livebearers to drop...good thing humans dont produce like this lil mama  |
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April 18th, 2008
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Fish Bum
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Shawnie, by your reply I can guess she's pregnant indeed, and far along i guess..
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April 18th, 2008
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Fish Mentor
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well if shes had babies before a month ago, does she look the same?? and is she acting the same?
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April 18th, 2008
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Fish Addict
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Sorry no pics camra is not working.
My female is very preganat I can see the baies in her belly.
I will do a water change.
How much should I do 25%? 50%?
How soon will she drop the fry if it works?
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April 18th, 2008
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Fish Bum
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she's bigger now, and she's swimming near the substrate, I guess she's holding her fry.. dunno..
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April 18th, 2008
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Fish Bum
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Fishgirl, try to do little daily water changes.. stress may have some influence on that... does her belly looks like the one in the pictures I just posted?
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April 18th, 2008
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Fish Addict
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yes only bigger...she should have droped at lest 7 days ago.
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April 18th, 2008
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Fish Bum
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Swordfish are said to hold their fry as long as they want until they feel like giving birth.. May be water parameter, temperature etc... Is she acting different than usual?
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April 19th, 2008
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Fish Bum
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April 19th, 2008
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Fish Addict
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She is so big she can hardly move.
She is in a 5.5G Q-tank, The water is fine, the temp is about 75-78f.
I did a 25% water change last night hoping that would help her to drop.
I even have 3/4 of the tank covered with a towel so that is is mostly dark and the goings on in the house wont bother her.
Anything else I can do to help her?
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April 20th, 2008
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Fish Bum
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I believe you're doing all the right things.. what kind of food are you feeding her?
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April 20th, 2008
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Fish Bum
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I'm giving mine spirulina, flakes, tubiflex worms and bloodworms, a little every other day... for example, I gave her spirulina today... so tomorrow or the day after I'm gonna give her some bloodworms, then flakes, then tubiflex...
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