aquadude Posted October 12, 2009 Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 Hi all I have a pregant platy that I scored over a month ago, in a seperate tank with heaps of floating plants, with a sunset male platy...this "nursery tank is an aquaone tank approx 15ltrs I do a 30% water change every 2 weeks The Tank Temperature is 25-26. This Tank has a HOB filter The sunset male is "dancing" around with the female ............................. I have around 6 pregant female guppys that I scored over 2 months ago, that I have in a heavily floating planted community tank. I do a 30% water change every 2 weeks The Tank Temperature is 25-26. This Tank has a under gravel filter Not one sight of any fry at all... what , by the above description are we doing wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquadude Posted October 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 has anyone else had this problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LYNDYLOO Posted October 12, 2009 Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 Maybe the Fry are being eaten :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquadude Posted October 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 the pregant platy is still very big plus I looked in the filter sponge..nothing seems to be sucked up the guppy tank very heavily floting planted so i wouldve thought with the amount of pregant guppies some fry wouldve survived Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted October 12, 2009 Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 Perhaps she is overweight rather than heavily pregnant yet They usually produce every 4 - 6 weeks but I believe they can hold a bit longer. Are you sure you don't need glasses? :lol: Can't offer anything else sorry as I would have expected there to be fry by now. Have you checked in the HOB filter? Fry can get in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaNs Posted October 13, 2009 Report Share Posted October 13, 2009 Just wait, mine took months to drop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikBok Posted October 13, 2009 Report Share Posted October 13, 2009 it took my female platy 8 weeks before she dropped her first lot and then 4 weeks after that. And one of my golden guppies hung onto one of her lots for over 8 weeks and then had about 15 at a time two weeks apart and a final drop of over 30. bizarre. I've come to the conclusion that there's no hard and fast rule with livebearers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted October 14, 2009 Report Share Posted October 14, 2009 They can hold for a long time (4-8 weeks) and sometimes drop a few at a time over several weeks. If that is what she is doing then they may be being eaten. Guppies are the same, one fertilisation can lead to several batches at different stages of development being held therefore staggered drop dates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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