Swordtail babies

[somthin_Fishy40]

hey guys,
well my femail sword tail gave birth to 7 babies this morning, unfortunately 8 were born dead? maybe the fish was stressed and aborted these babies?
but anyway, i now have these fry in a grow out tank with a simple air stones bubling the water so it doesnt go stangnat, but i was wondering what to feed these babies?
i want to grow them out and put them in a 40 gal i have?
any ideas?
thanks guys

[beviking]

Originally posted by somthin_Fishy40
hey guys,
well my femail sword tail gave birth to 7 babies this morning, unfortunately 8 were born dead?

:confused: :rolleyes: he he!

I used fine flakes for my baby swords. Just pinch 'em in your fingers. Seemed to work...they grew...then escaped the basket and were eaten

:(

[Lila]

you can buy 'liquid fry food...for livebearers'. I had used that with my mollies.

[clayt101]

I feed mine crushed up flakes, it works fine. Don't just leave them at the top though, put them in the water and move it around, so they start to sink and the babies should instintivly go after it.

In addition, you may want to go back to the orginal aquarium and look for more babies. That is a very small number of babies fo a swordtail. Mine would normally give birth to about 20 - 30+. Try lifting up large rocks or plants and look underneath, thats where they like to hide.:)

[JamesBenjamin]

and the ones that were 'dead' probly werent... ours stayed on the bottom for a whole day before they started swimming around, happily.

also: we got 60+ babies from a 1 1/2 inch swordtail, so you may want to look for more...

[goldfries]

you could have a tank (10 gal++) and put some planted areas for the fry to hide and it should be fine.

livebearers populate very fast.