My fish had babies! I have 2 fish that i picked out at my boyfriends house. They are swordtail fish. They look very similar to goldfish, but the males have a long pointy tail like a sword, hence the name swordtail. They were in the 20 gallon tank my boyfriend has his fish in, and my 2 swordtail's. one day we noticed that they girl looked pregnant and we researched it and ask the pet store guy, Charlie, and he said yes she is pregnant. So we got a breeding box which is like a clear plastic box that goes in the water where you put the pregnant fish in so when she has her babies she or the other fish can eat the newborns. So we put the breeding box in and it was so sad because the male and the female used to follow each other around and play and now it was like they were being teased, because they could see each other but they couldn't play. So anyway one night she had they babies and the next morning we took the mom out and the 30 plus babies were so little and cute. We need to wait about 4 weeks until they are fully grown to let them swim with the bigger fish. I don't know what to do with them all, we are going to keep some of them but...DOES ANYONE WANT SWORDTAIL FISH?.. they are pretty interesting, when they are happy their stomachs turn red and they are fun to watch.
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