Hi,
A friend of mine who also has tropical fish gave us four guppies a while ago two male and two female, one of the females got pregnant and grew very large and was showing all the signs of going into delivery ( such as hiding near the heater ) however by that evening she was bouncing her belly across the bottom of the tank and two hours later I found her dead and on close examination she had two small punture wounds in each side of her tummy and she was a lot thinner which led me to believe that the babies have swam out but this was very shocking as this process has killed her and I think the babies have been eaten by now. Can anyone tell me what happens when a Guppy gives birth and any reasons why this may have happen to her. Water stats are fine and I have cleaned the tank out since but just want to keep an eye on my other female guppy.
Thank you
A friend of mine who also has tropical fish gave us four guppies a while ago two male and two female, one of the females got pregnant and grew very large and was showing all the signs of going into delivery ( such as hiding near the heater ) however by that evening she was bouncing her belly across the bottom of the tank and two hours later I found her dead and on close examination she had two small punture wounds in each side of her tummy and she was a lot thinner which led me to believe that the babies have swam out but this was very shocking as this process has killed her and I think the babies have been eaten by now. Can anyone tell me what happens when a Guppy gives birth and any reasons why this may have happen to her. Water stats are fine and I have cleaned the tank out since but just want to keep an eye on my other female guppy.
Thank you