i just got 2 balloon mollies and put them in a 10 gal tank with guppie and mickie mouse platties over the next few hours i noticed that she had babbies she was having a hard time swimming so i thaught shed probly have more the next morning sh was dead and so were the babies what happend?
2007-07-31 09:46:11 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
The stress of the move caused her to give birth prematurely. The babies didn't live because they were born too early and the stress is what killed her. It's not really that uncommon in very pregnant livebearers.
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2007-07-31 09:50:01 · answer #1 · answered by magicman116 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
As it's been said - movement stress causes premature birth. It could also be that you didn't acclimatize the fish properly before putting her in the tank, and the resulting shock compounded to stress and resulted in the birth and deaths.
2007-07-31 18:56:47 · answer #2 · answered by Heather 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋