Hi everyone this is my first post (I hope I did it properly) I have read a ton of them for the good advice you guys give and have learned a lot. I have 2 tanks at present one larger one 55 gal with my guppies and a small 5 gal with "harvey" my betta. He is a grouch and likes his space! Don't we all....I do have an interesting expereince that just happened and a couple of questions for you guys though- read on.
I have a tank full of guppies (Love them!!) and had a female very pregnant that seemed to die in labor. I can't be sure she was in labor but she was acting unusual for the previous few days and she was very plump also when she passed she had a protrusion from her caudal area (looked kind of like my female betta gets when she is gravid)
Anyhoo when I found her I mourned for a moment and then scooped her out and preformed a fishy "C" section. She was definately dead ( no movement or reaction at all to either being removed from the tank or the immediate surgery)
I put her over a fry trap gave a gentle sqeeze and sure enough fry! Most were dead, some were eggs with eyes with no signs of life that have since fungused but about a dozen are live active swimming and look like normal fry and some others have egg sacks!
I have never done this before and to tell the truth never really thought of it ( I have had other pregnant females die before but assumed the babies died with the mother not a lot but it happens occasionnally)
Has anyone else ever experienced this kind of thing with livebearers?
Anything special you guys can recommend to raise the premie fry?
I have a tank full of guppies (Love them!!) and had a female very pregnant that seemed to die in labor. I can't be sure she was in labor but she was acting unusual for the previous few days and she was very plump also when she passed she had a protrusion from her caudal area (looked kind of like my female betta gets when she is gravid)
Anyhoo when I found her I mourned for a moment and then scooped her out and preformed a fishy "C" section. She was definately dead ( no movement or reaction at all to either being removed from the tank or the immediate surgery)
I put her over a fry trap gave a gentle sqeeze and sure enough fry! Most were dead, some were eggs with eyes with no signs of life that have since fungused but about a dozen are live active swimming and look like normal fry and some others have egg sacks!
I have never done this before and to tell the truth never really thought of it ( I have had other pregnant females die before but assumed the babies died with the mother not a lot but it happens occasionnally)
Has anyone else ever experienced this kind of thing with livebearers?
Anything special you guys can recommend to raise the premie fry?
