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By Nancy4Fishes from the Nancy4Fishes department, Section Diaries Posted on Tue Mar 28, 2006 at 12:40:30 PM PST

i've heard of people slitting open dead pregnant livebearers and saving the fry. how does this work? DOES it work? at what age (into pregnancy) would fry be saveable?

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How does this work? | 3 comments (3 topical, 0 hidden)

Re: How does this work? (none / 0) (#1)
by ShannyG on Tue Mar 28, 2006 at 12:45:08 PM PST

I would think a fish would have to be on the verge of delivering in order for it to work. With only a four week gestational period they must develop very quickly and even a week would make a huge difference.
Unless these are show fish I wouldn't think it would be worth the stress and trauma (to me, not the dead fish).

Re: How does this work? (none / 0) (#2)
by Nancy4Fishes on Tue Mar 28, 2006 at 06:50:42 PM PST

yeah, i mean, it DOES sound pretty gross, but i always feel so bad when the pregnant ones die. i mean, IF they die. like, old ones or something. i just heard about doing this and wondred if anyone could shed some light for me.

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Re: How does this work? (none / 0) (#3)
by miskairal on Wed Mar 29, 2006 at 12:45:23 AM PST

They're always pregnant :)
They're almost pregnant again before they give birth unless they've had no fella around for 6 months.
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