"Far Thunder" wrote in message
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Hau kolas..

Hopefully someone can lend some insight..I have a breeding pair of ameca
splendens aka butterfly goodeid but
as of yet have no managed to keep any fry. Female is pregnant with her third
batch and looking nicely plump.
Last time, all fry were born stillborn or were killed shortly after birth
(umbilical still attached). so anyway, the
question is this; I've found reference to a 60 day gestation, but how long
does it take a livebearer in general, or
a. splendens in particular, to "recover" from birthing? In other words,
when is she available for the male to mate
again? I know when she had the last batch, trying to do the math to allow
her isolation early enough to
minimize stress before birthing. Also, there was some speculation that if
fry were stillborn, perhaps born early/late
and perished as a result, so if I can pin down conception, I can look at
that also. Haven't seen these in my LFS
since I picked up this pair, so can't try new male or female to see if
that's the problem. TIA
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I have not kept those fish but have livebearers, My female had some
stillborn babies once when I moved her very close to delivery, which I found
out after moving her close to delivery would stress her and could cause that
to happen, so I am guessing stress them in any way could cause the same
thing, I read they don't have a lot of babies because of the babies being
bigger then normal fry, and that it takes two days for the umbilical cord to
fall off. Maybe do a google of complications fry and the type of fish and
see if there is anything on it.
Nik