I am very uneducated when it comes to fish. I started out with an orange fish and a yellow fish (I have no idea what kinds). The yellow fish died shortly after I bought both of them. However, the orange one is still alive and had babies about one month ago. Now, I see a whole new litter of babies. About 9 or 10. How can this be? Does anyone know how I might find out what kind of fish these are and how in the world babies showed up one month apart when I have only one adult fish in the aquarium?
2006-09-14 17:34:17 · 7 answers · asked by crash 3 in Pets ➔ Fish
Fisrt of all they could they could be any fish, swords,platies, guppies, and the reason that they can still give birth a month afterwards is that they are well stocked with male sperm and they don't use it al at once, they can have at least six batches of fry before they are exhausted, but if you don't want to lose your female get another couple of males to accompany her
2006-09-15 01:37:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The fish sounds like one of the live bearers. Most likely a molly, swordtail, or platty. (Note female swordtails have no sword.) It really doesn't matter great as all 3 fish are closely related.
These fish can store fertilized eggs for months. A molly can go thru 3-4 reproductive cycles without needing a mate. (Platty/swordtails 2-3 at most.) Honestly there isn't much you can do. Most livebearer females are knocked when you buy them. You could try adding 1 teaspoon of table salt per 5 gallons to the tank, and feeding her some freeze dried brine shrimp. (This should result in fewer, faster cycles, but more babies per cycle.)
2006-09-15 02:58:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, im not a fish expert but looking at your situation, i can only say that fish, when coming to the reproduction cycle, are just like humans. Even the fishes need time produce them other little fishes no? My opinion, the fish that died banged (or fertilized) the eggs in the female before dying, hopefully the dead fish was a male :P... Then after that amount of time, the female fish gave birth to her youngs.. sounds reasonable? hope so hehe
2006-09-14 17:46:45 · answer #3 · answered by vooshoo 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree with tikitiki...sounds like some sort of live bearing fish (obviously) and most likely something from the Guppy family, but check her references out!
2006-09-14 18:32:36 · answer #4 · answered by sly2kusa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Platys or swordtails maybe?
Middle row last one is swordtails, 3rd up from there is platies.
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/categ.cfm?pcatid=830
Check out these fish forums for lots of good info on fishes and care. Just read through you'll find lots of good info.
http://www.aquariacentral.com/
http://www.aquariumboard.com/forums/home.php
2006-09-14 17:48:36 · answer #5 · answered by tikitiki 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Live bearers have a bad habit of storing sperm for up to six months.
Here is a site that may help you with identification
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/categ.cfm?pcatid=830
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2006-09-15 07:04:35 · answer #6 · answered by iceni 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have idea
2006-09-14 20:47:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋