Momma ready to pop

[Kaizen]

Xantholophus, clutch #2. Ready with neonate housing! Misters and auto drippers hooked up, and live plants already growing in each baby cage! Uvi 5 on each.

 

[kinyonga]

I was just going to ask you if she had the babies yet!
Don't forget...photos as soon as they are out!

 

[Beman]

So I have a stupid question.... With eggs depending on species it seems to be a pretty long incubation time... How does this work with live bearers? And how many do they normally have?

 

[Kaizen]

So I have a stupid question.... With eggs depending on species it seems to be a pretty long incubation time... How does this work with live bearers? And how many do they normally have?

So, my experience is only with xanths, but here’s what I’ve found: gestation = 6-7 months, and they can have up to 25 babies. My first clutch was 17. Some keepers report die offs at the 3-4 month age. I may have been lucky, but individually raised with nightime drops into the low-mid 50s, and I lost none.

 

[Kaizen]

So, my experience is only with xanths, but here’s what I’ve found: gestation = 6-7 months, and they can have up to 25 babies. My first clutch was 17. Some keepers report die offs at the 3-4 month age. I may have been lucky, but individually raised with nightime drops into the low-mid 50s, and I lost none.

And no question is stupid!

 

[Beman]

And no question is stupid!

Well I dunno I have seen some really stupid questions here

 

[Beman]

And no question is stupid!

HOLY cow they can hold that many little babies omg that is nuts!

 

[Kaizen]

Female veileds can pop out way more eggs. Baby xanths come out in an egg sac no bigger than a veiled egg.