stillborn fry?

"Far Thunder" wrote in message
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Looks like total of 15 dead, still only found one survivor, looks to be
comparatively small in regards to some of the dead fry. the mother is
definitely *way* deflated, but hard to imagine she really had that many
largish fry in her..some of the dead have wispy things attached to their
abdomens..do livebearer fish have umbilicals or the equivalent?
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I don't know about fry imbilicals but it sounds reasonable since something
has to attach them to the yolk or the mothers uterus (for lack of a better
word where fish are concerned). I recently lost a platy female who gave
birth twice to dead fry or the fry died shortly after birth - this last time
she passed away as well. None of the other platy's are affected. She was
about 2 1/2 yrs old.
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Aquariums since 1952
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I know that sometimes livebearing mothers hold the babies past term to the
points that the babies & even the mothers can die if not released in time.

"Koi-lo" wrote in message
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"Far Thunder" wrote in message
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Looks like total of 15 dead, still only found one survivor, looks to be
comparatively small in regards to some of the dead fry. the mother is
definitely *way* deflated, but hard to imagine she really had that many
largish fry in her..some of the dead have wispy things attached to their
abdomens..do livebearer fish have umbilicals or the equivalent?
===================
I don't know about fry imbilicals but it sounds reasonable since something
has to attach them to the yolk or the mothers uterus (for lack of a better
word where fish are concerned). I recently lost a platy female who gave
birth twice to dead fry or the fry died shortly after birth - this last
time she passed away as well. None of the other platy's are affected.
She was about 2 1/2 yrs old.
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Koi-Lo.... frugal ponding since 1995...
Aquariums since 1952
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://bellsouthpwp.net/s/h/shastadaisy
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"CanadianCray" wrote in message
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I know that sometimes livebearing mothers hold the babies past term to the
points that the babies & even the mothers can die if not released in time.
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Evidently that's what happened to my poor little Mickey Mouse platy. When I
fed them before, I noticed a new group of golden colored fry in the Java
moss clump. :-) These are surely from one of the golden females I
purchased last month. The store didn't know the name of them. They can
crossbreed as I don't mind what color fry they have since all are so
colorful. I purchase a few every year or so to prevent excessive
inbreeding.
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Koi-Lo.... frugal ponding since 1995...
Aquariums since 1952
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://bellsouthpwp.net/s/h/shastadaisy
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