Far Thunder wrote:
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

Usually, the gestation time is the length between subsequent batches of
fry when a male is around for mating. If the female's pregnant, is
there any reason you can't move her to a fry tank now?

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