baby fishes!?

Question

okay, like a week ago, 2 of my fish had like 15 babies each

they were doing fine, but when i woke up this morning, like 5 were dead

is this normall???

or am i doing something wrong???

the babies are away from the other fish, in a seperate container, they still have a heater, filter, light all that

The babies are in a tank, all by themselves, the adult fish are in a different tank. I feed them every day, clean their tank, and everything!

my fish where livebearers

Answer 1

i have babies that are 4 weeks old now and here is what i did. first this is to get them into a sepret tank. witch you have done. next dont run the filter all the time. babies dont produce much waste. i found that it seamed to stress the babies to have to constantly fight the curent produced by the filter. i run the filter a couple hours a day and have had no problomes. food, the babies will need to eat more oftan the the adults. you can by food prepared for fry or you can just crush up flake food. the babies mouths are tiny and you need to crush the flakes till its pritty much powder. i was feeding mine 3 times a day for the first 2 weeks, and twice a day now. the last thing is hidding places. even though they are alone in the tank they will want some where to hide. the first couple weeks are the hardest for them. people say you will always lose some and depending on the breed i may agree. i started with 11 and only lost one but that was my fault and not the fishes. i hope this helps.

Answer 2

Hands off. Feed them but don't clean the tank everyday. Ur messing up the balance in the water maybe. I'd call a PetSmart or a tropical fish store and just ask...

Answer 3

see......some fishes lay about hundreds of egg...do all survive??no....but through your adequate care..there is chance that all survive.....and sometimes parent fishes nip and eat their young...my male guppy was eating the babies....just separate the parent from the babies....and maybe the babies are dying due to deficiency of food...try bringing baby fish foods like baby brine shrimp or something....it is really needed..even if u do not feed the babies properly for even 2 days,some may die...because they are very weak and need enough food.....

Answer 4

seperate the hatchlings of each of the fish. To them, it is survival of the fitest and they are killing eachother off.

Answer 5

their yolk sacs have been used up (unless they are livebearers in which case they dont even have yolk sacs) and you should start feeding them infusora or very finely cruch flake food.

Answer 6

the fish are killing each other, separate the mom from the babies you have just been xeroxed : )