weird fry

[shaz4242485]

i recently bought a black platy and two days later i noticed fry on the bottom. the fry were acting dead and they only moved their mouth.
Is this normal.
and the other platy in the tank ate most of the fry
i dont noe wat happened to the fry and i cant find any of the fry

 

[bindleybird]

Sorry to hear about that.

It isn't normal at all and I would at a guess say that the black molly was pregnant when you bought her but the stress might have caused her to miscarry.

It could be something else but that is the most likely.

 

[shaz4242485]

but she was hapilyswiming around at the start and i saw her giving birth. the babies just fell on the bottom and moved a bit.
they also had something like a cut on their bellies

 

[shaz4242485]

SOMEONE PLEASE HELP

 

[gto_cowgirl]

Okay, Calm down.

First, i would seperate the adults from the fry. You don't want to squish your fry so i would use a turkey bastor and just suck it up and squirt it out into a different container.

Next, that will let you get closer to notice if there is any permanent damage to your fry. For the first couple of days a fry just looks like a head and a tail. The bad news is if it didn't form fully or it has permanent damage then it may be best if you kill it fast with several methods others explain on this forum. The good news is that you may be able to save it, you just need to get a good close look of it.

Now there is one thing to keep in mind, Premature guppy fry. When you seperate your guppy fry and place it into a breeder or small container floating in your main tank. Does your guppy fry have such a huge tummy that it looks adnormal? If the tummy is very big then it may be premature and because it hasn't finished eating the rest of fry's egg yolk, it can't swim. I had a batch of guppy fry that were born premature and they just laid on the bottom of the breeder for a couple of days and slowly one by one they began to swim around.

 

[fishrock]

that sound like a good answer gto_cowgirl i would say that the stress of being moved so close to birth she had them premature. if you cant find them now it could be that they found a good hiding place. fry can be really hard to see until they are several days to a week old. you can always hope. the momma will have more fry more than likely so if they are gone within the month you will see more fry.good luck