One of my fish had babies some time in the last month

[Rabrrrrrr]

I discovered it when I cleaned the filter (a cannister) and dumped the water in the sink. After a while, I realized that one of the particles was moving of its own accord, and that it was a very small fishy. Sadly, that was about 3 seconds before the drain took the little guy.

It appeared to be a Tiger Barb.

I can only assume the rest of the babies were probably close to immediately eaten, and some got sucked into the filter system.

Sad.

[Call Me Wesley]

1. It's either the filter or the mature fishes getting them.

My sister had a few Cichlid babies surviving, but no tiger barbs.

A friend of mine who used to have Kois and Shubunkins in the pond (with a filter pump at the bottom which had large openings), found a bunch of Shubunkin babies once in his filter.

I'm sorry to hear your little guy didn't make it.

[Rabrrrrrr]

3. Had I known she was preggers, I'd have put her in the birthing thing

But I don't know if tigers are live bearers or egg bearers.

If they're egg bearers, I'm not fucking with that. But I do have a birthing room for the live bearers.

I love that name "shubunkin". :-)

[Call Me Wesley]

5. Barbs are egg bearers.

And for the Shubunkin, I don't know. They are somewhat industrial crosses of goldfishes, like these butterfly Kois. Both aren't natural and very weak. They look nice, that's for sure, but that's all.

[redwitch]

2. Life is tough in the aquarium.

n/t

[Shine]

4. Yeah, that's what we learned in "Finding Nemo", too.

:)

[redwitch]

6. I didn't see it.

I am too sensitive. :-)