suziparis35
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Hello
I have 3 pregnant fish in my 10G and my question is: why won't they drop their fry? I have 2 guppies that are well and truly over 30 days (more like 45 days) and 1 MM platy that is about 45 days too. I have researched breeding a lot and feel as if I am doing everything I can possibly do to make conditions right for my fish to give birth, but I find it strange that all 3 would continue to hold on to their fry.
Here is the rundown on my tank setup:
I know every birth is unique and yet they usually follow a similar pattern, however I just find it odd that not one out of my three preggers fish have dropped yet. Can anyone offer some assistance/guidance? I have included some pictures so you can see how huge they are. I have ruled out disease because they don't seem to fit the dropsy profile and they all appear healthy.
Any help is appreciated!
I have 3 pregnant fish in my 10G and my question is: why won't they drop their fry? I have 2 guppies that are well and truly over 30 days (more like 45 days) and 1 MM platy that is about 45 days too. I have researched breeding a lot and feel as if I am doing everything I can possibly do to make conditions right for my fish to give birth, but I find it strange that all 3 would continue to hold on to their fry.
Here is the rundown on my tank setup:
- Heavily planted with lots of hiding places for privacy and fry to hide in if they ever drop (including floating plants)
- Constant water temperature of 78 degrees
- Feed twice a day - AM & PM - flake, small pellet, and crisps (give variety)
- Tank is almost cycled. Mistakenly, I thought it was completely cycled when I placed my pregnant fish into it. For the past 2-3 weeks I have been doing PWC every day/every other day to keep ammonia/nitrite levels down and testing religiously. Seems to be working because my levels are now at 0-0.25 for ammo (or trace), 0.25 for nitrite, and 2.0 for nitrate for past 3 days.
- Every PWC I use Prime and a little bit of aquarium salt. Sometimes I also use Tetra's EasyBalance.
- I am using the same BioBag in the filter when I started cycling the tank about 6 weeks ago. I'm assuming unless the bag is falling apart or is dirty beyond belief, then it is OK to leave alone.
- Blue guppy and MM platy in particular are huge! Orange guppy is big too.
- All of them look squared off.
- All of them are still eating, except for the platy who seems to have gone off food a little bit in the evening for the past 2 nights.
- My male guppy seems to have gotten more aggressive towards the females - shadowing them around the tank, bumping into them, nipping.
- Platy has separated herself from tank mates, hiding among the plants, and at night she will lay at the bottom in the gravel.
- Sometimes I observe platy flipping or spasming for a split second, then swimming normal again.
- Platy has a white spot protruding from her anal area (past 2 days)
I know every birth is unique and yet they usually follow a similar pattern, however I just find it odd that not one out of my three preggers fish have dropped yet. Can anyone offer some assistance/guidance? I have included some pictures so you can see how huge they are. I have ruled out disease because they don't seem to fit the dropsy profile and they all appear healthy.
Any help is appreciated!