Birthing always picks the most inconvenient time! On my way out to see my cousin's new baby, I peeked in on my 10g platy breeder and tada!, big momma was birthing. Scooped out the 3 visible fry and put them in the nursery so they wouldn't be dinner for the Bettas, shut off the air strip, and turned out the light figuring everyone would settle down and big momma could do her thing in peace without being harassed.
5 more were found and moved to the nursery when I returned a few hours later, but I could see she was still holding. Woke up this morning to find a few more, but she's STILL HOLDING!!! I'm up to baby #13, and I still see eyeballs in her, so she's gonna be at this all day. =\
I normally get 7-10 fry per batch, but she's looking like she could approach 20. I still have 3 more pregnant ladies, all of which should drop in the next 2 weeks.
How did she manage to carry so many this time? Was it the last hurrah of her mate before he died?
I'm up to my ears in babies over here. Had to expand the nursery from a nice 1g to a 10 just to accommodate the little tykes.
Anyone else with platy or swordtails record their fry numbers? Are mine low and this "boom" normal?
5 more were found and moved to the nursery when I returned a few hours later, but I could see she was still holding. Woke up this morning to find a few more, but she's STILL HOLDING!!! I'm up to baby #13, and I still see eyeballs in her, so she's gonna be at this all day. =\
I normally get 7-10 fry per batch, but she's looking like she could approach 20. I still have 3 more pregnant ladies, all of which should drop in the next 2 weeks.
How did she manage to carry so many this time? Was it the last hurrah of her mate before he died?
I'm up to my ears in babies over here. Had to expand the nursery from a nice 1g to a 10 just to accommodate the little tykes.
Anyone else with platy or swordtails record their fry numbers? Are mine low and this "boom" normal?
