Found a baby hanging out of mommy....
I have had scarlett for quite awhile now, (2+ months) and she has just gotten bigger and bigger, and for the first time ever had a fish squared off more than three days, more like 5-7 until she had her fry...
I found her this morning, with a fry head sticking out of her, and her belly much smaller. although the little fry was a pretty good size. I got her in the net and tried to get the baby out it obviously had been there awhile, I just touched it with the tweezers and it fell off.... its almost 8pm now and shes looking real good. I emptied my tank of all its plants etc today this afternnoon carefully looking for any fry.... none to be found.... either all eaten, which im not sure about, I have alot of places to hide, the filter intake has a cover over it, so they didnt get sucked up, Im wondering if maybe she was WAY overdue and all the babies died?
Im confused about 2 things.. how the fry would get stuck by the tail?! the head is by far the biggest part, and why no other fry survived? anyone have any ideas?
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Fortunately scarlett seems to be doing great. She is eating and swimming happily, even pooping, so everythings "working". we'll see what happens in a month when she has another batch.
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