Posted by jaded1 on March 07, 2003 at 15:31:00:
In Reply to: Miscarriage posted by eddyleung on March 05, 2003 at 20:10:36:
Are you sure she isnt still pregnant? Remember swordtails will give birth every 30-35 days from one fertilization. My swordtails gravid spot turned the reddish color as well so she may be getting ready to drop her fry again. Has the lump grown noticiably bigger? (in other words does it look likes it did when she was pregnant the first time.) My suggestion is make sure the water is at the recommended 78-80 degrees farenheit. Do a partial water change as well. If you can remember when she dropped the fry count from there and see how many days/weeks its been, so you can estimate when she may birth again. My swordtail started to show approxiamtely 2 weeks after she had her first brood. If nothing changes then my suggestion would be to ask your LFS to take a look and see what they think. Hope it helps.
:It has been over 2 months since my female swordtail had her baby fries born. I am pretty sure the fish is still pregnant. She has a lump growing inside her body 1 week after those babies were born. And then 2 weeks after that, I saw some spilling of blood inside her body (it's a neon orange swordtail). And then 2 weeks ago, my heater didn't work and no one noticed it. The tank water was 21 degrees for awhile and after that more than half a dozen fishes died. The pregnant one remained alive. But I noticed more serious internal bleeding (from the dark red spot behind her stomach) is happening to her. I am wondering what I can do to cure her lump and her miscarriage. I think the lump had prevented her from giving birth at first and then the sudden temperature drop made her gill area look yellowish. I did a few treatments for her using the fungus-curing pills. She seemed to get better. Is there any way to help her get rid of the blood and maybe dead fries from her body? It is bad to keep th blood inside her body.
