Updated With 1 Picture... Sorry For Poor Quality T_t

[jappy1984]

Hi to all fish/live breeder lovers~~~ Just want to know whether... WHERE THE HEAVEN i find or SEE the female birthing tube And also how do i know whether my swords is pregnant if i cant see the gravid spot cleary?? Other than the size and width?? Sorry for the in politness.....

 

[jappy1984]

well guys... guess wat!!!!! my female has gve birth to young fry YEAH!!!!!!! lucky i put the female to a seperate tank just in case because i didnt know whether is she pregnant or about to give birth... haha... went to sleep and wake up TADA!!!! small fry's... couldnt save all but at least avg 20++ was healthy... T_T sob sob so touchy... my 1st female birth LOL.... Any advice for me??? haha

 

[OldMan47]

Welcome to the forum Jappy.
Tips?
Get the female back to her regular haunts. The fry will have a lot better chance to survive without her in the tank.
You can feed the fry whatever you normally feed the female, just crush a bit in your fingertips.
For optimal growth, do lots of water changes and feed several times a day. Many fry will grow even better with some live food like BBS in their diet. Swords are more predator than a typical molly or guppy would be so include plenty of meaty, high protein foods.

 

[jappy1984]

Many thks man for replying and a liittle tips... haha.. well 1st time for me to see my female sword pops baby out haha... well do u think that my female will drop again soon?? Because i bought this female sword from a fish farm in singapore, well choosing for a very long time before i catch her.. see some topic on live bearers, some say will drop again so i did not know what to do.. any advice for this case? Many thks..

 

[OldMan47]

That same female could drop fry as often as every 4 weeks or a bit more. She can continue to do that for about 6 months before she needs to see another male. The good and bad part is that a common livebearer will carry sperm packets for up to 6 months. The good part is that a female will continue to produce some fry for a long time. The bad part is that you can't be sure that the fry coming from your common livebearer are from her current mate or one she met 6 months ago. If you are trying to develop a particulr set of characteristics by selective breeding, the second statement will be especially troubling.

 

[jappy1984]

Thks so much for the infor and reply... well guess what again... 1 of my newly bought female guppy gave birth to 3 new frys... will upload some picture's at the later of the day...

Cheers..

 

[jappy1984]

Oh my... I wonder why cant i upload it T_T anyway... heres the link to it...

Btw again... sorry for the poor quality... its a mixture of 3 MOMS!!! Guppy, swordtail and platy.... Sword & platy on 24th june'09, guppy 26th june'09.... Below is the link click it!!!

My newly born FRYS!!!

Thks for viewing... will provide link again if more frys are coming ^^
Cheers

 

[OldMan47]

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[jappy1984]

thks man...