BalaGuppieGirl
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
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- Oct 19, 2014
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I have a 1.8 gal for the babies, a 5 for the teens and a 60 for adults. I currently have two moms in the 5 gal and two in a 3 way breeder. I also have this nifty new hatchery that hangs on the outside of the tank that I am just in love with haha because I think its so cool to see my babies suspended outside the tank above me if I sit at my table.
One of the moms in the 5 was picking on the other two (there was a third at the time but she gave birth and went into the 60) so I placed her in the outside breeder. She kept getting into the 60 gal through the overflow which I am fixing with divider net so I put her back in the 5 and removed the one that had given birth. Her gravid now looks light and I am afraid the stress of it all caused her to abort. I added stress coat to hopefully calm her and maybe still get some babies from her.
One other mom in the 3 way breeder has seriously slowed her eating habits the last three days. She leaves food sit and rests on the bottom a lot which are signs of labor but no babies yet. I have always read that if they stop eating they will give birth with in 48 hours. I have had moms that stick to this and others that eat before/during/after, So being that she is on day three just nibbling here and there and still no babies is making me a bit concerned but I guess we will see in the next few days.......
One of the moms in the 5 was picking on the other two (there was a third at the time but she gave birth and went into the 60) so I placed her in the outside breeder. She kept getting into the 60 gal through the overflow which I am fixing with divider net so I put her back in the 5 and removed the one that had given birth. Her gravid now looks light and I am afraid the stress of it all caused her to abort. I added stress coat to hopefully calm her and maybe still get some babies from her.
One other mom in the 3 way breeder has seriously slowed her eating habits the last three days. She leaves food sit and rests on the bottom a lot which are signs of labor but no babies yet. I have always read that if they stop eating they will give birth with in 48 hours. I have had moms that stick to this and others that eat before/during/after, So being that she is on day three just nibbling here and there and still no babies is making me a bit concerned but I guess we will see in the next few days.......