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Darn. Looks like I was sold a female and a male insted of two females. :roll: Hope I can get an exchange, otherwise it will be a ratio of 4 M : 2 F.
Not good.
I checked them over when the fish were bagged and commented that one looked male, but the sale’s lady was certain, and it was difficult to tell through the bag.
Weird thing is, the male isn’t going after the female. I’m pretty sure she’s pregnant already, just not sure how long it’s been. Her belly is quite big, she swims pretty slowly, and tends to stay near the bottom. Does not look at all like swim bladder disorder though, not like I’ve had before anyways.
If I posted a picture would someone be able to verify? That’d be really helpful. The last thing I want right now is a birth in quarintine before the “fish bench” and platy aquarium is set up. But if it happens, it happens.
Wish they kept the males and females seperate at the store.
Then again, all the tanks don’t have lids and the water level is high, so fish of different species end up in the wrong tank. :roll: Plus all diseases can be spread throughout all the tanks!
This is not my local, family owned petstore of course. It’s a big chain store. The former has been closed for renovations, and is partially open, but not the fish room.
Don’t think they have these fish though. Hopefully this is where I’ll be selling the babies after the reach maturity. It’s a good place for fish. The staff are really good ( except the common delusion with bettas :roll: )
But I’ve never had problems with the fish from there.
And the snail I got there lived quite a few monthes before dying ( after I inroduced another from a different source, they had lids, then both died…)
For some reason snails do not do well in my aquriums. Son’t know why. There’s plenty of yummy algae and stuff.
Well, actually platies like it too.
Wow, I’ve been rambleing… :wink:
– Atlantis