My green swordtail dropped her fry...

[emeraldking]

Yesterday I´ve moved one of my very pregnant ladies to a smaller tank where she could drop her fry. I know that it´s often said overhere that you shouldn´t be moving pregnant ladies but I know what I´m doing overhere. No worries! Never had problems by doing this.

I was very convinced not to wait any longer. And last evening she gave birth to approx. 80 fry (this is an estimation). Also this mama left her fry alone. I guess, by tomorrrow I'll move the fry to another tank with other swordtail fry.

There are definitely 2 colors in there from what I'm able to see.

Overhere 2 videos of yesterday evening.

And here some pictures of today

Also overhere those fry of one day old.

 

[Dave_davis1987]

Awesome!

 

[JuiceBox52]

Nice!

 

[Retired Viking]

Sure is a lot of them, makes you wonder how they all fit inside. Must be like one of those circus clown cars with all the clowns pour out of.

 

[emeraldking]

Sure is a lot of them, makes you wonder how they all fit inside. Must be like one of those circus clown cars with all the clowns pour out of.

Well, she´s not that small either... And I was pretty sure yesterday that it would be a matter of hours that she´d drop fry.

 

[lazarusthefishboy10]

Wow!!! That is a lot of fry you got from her! Congrats! It's always exciting when a fish has babies! Your photos are really good. And wow your female was very pregnant! I hope you are really happy with them, I sure would be! And have fun raising them!

 

[emeraldking]

Wow!!! That is a lot of fry you got from her! Congrats! It's always exciting when a fish has babies! Your photos are really good. And wow your female was very pregnant! I hope you are really happy with them, I sure would be! And have fun raising them!

Well, she was close to 6 weeks. And she already started to be nervous. And I had the expectation that the fry would be large or high in number if you'd look at her body. In the first photo she had already dropped a number of fry. So yes, she was huge... Today I've moved her to her normal tank. And again, she left her fry alone.

 

[Barry Tetra]

Congrats on being swordtails parent I’m still waiting my swordtail to drop her fries.

 

[emeraldking]

Congrats on being swordtails parent I’m still waiting my swordtail to drop her fries.

Patience... it will happen by itself...