Is the fish pregnant?

[platytudes]

If you can get the tank cycled, you could move her, but really there is no need. Judging by all of your snails, there is plenty of food for the fry to forage on. The fry will probably do better in an established tank, even if a few get eaten...which wouldn't be a bad thing, considering how much livebearers breed.

 

[kristian9107]

If you can get the tank cycled, you could move her, but really there is no need. Judging by all of your snails, there is plenty of food for the fry to forage on. The fry will probably do better in an established tank, even if a few get eaten...which wouldn't be a bad thing, considering how much livebearers breed.

I am not so sure about keeping the fry in the same tank, i have a single chanda ranga and he is chasing constantly one of my male swordtails, he is going to eat the fry hundred percent, i will definately put the pregnant fish in a separate tank but i do not know when. :frog:

 

[LauraL]

Probably. I've got a school of platies (also livebearers) that started at 6 three years ago and is now at 18. (And I've given away a dozen.) I've come to believe they're perpetually pregnant.

As long as you've got good live plants for the fry to hide in, that's where they'll go. Not all the fry will survive, but believe me when I say you don't really want them to, unless you've got limitless tank space or friends who want them.

Also, Kaosu's right. Make sure you've got enough females per male that the boys don't hassle the girls to death.

 

[ZivaD]

If you can get the tank cycled, you could move her, but really there is no need. Judging by all of your snails, there is plenty of food for the fry to forage on. The fry will probably do better in an established tank, even if a few get eaten...which wouldn't be a bad thing, considering how much livebearers breed.

ITA - outside of breeding for production/sale an established tank is the way to go!

 

[kristian9107]

Well, i moved the pregnant fish, she gave birth immediatelly after i put her in the new tank, i think she gave birth while resisting when i was triyng to catch her, she wasn't as big as before when i separated her, but i don't care, i have only 3 fry swordtails.

 

[psyche]

I hope there are other females in there. 1f x 3m would be hellish for the female.

 

[kristian9107]

female is dead now :lipssealedsmilie: they chased her to death, i am stupid for not buying 3-4 more females