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Originally Posted by ThomasLim
1. If is the partition of the female ray cos her to be stress and gave birth prematurely?
2. Is it the aro attacked on the pups?
3. Once the pups are born, what should we do?
4. If the pup is born at night, what is the survival rate if you only discover it in the morning?
5. Will the mother ray eat its own baby?
6. Any other advises that can help me?
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hi bro , firstly , condolences.. i guess u did everything correct just that 1 of the pups got stuck in the divider and the other 1 went over.
1)it is unlikely that the partition stressed the female unless it is very small.. then too i doubt it would stress her until to give birth.. maybe could u share a pic of the partition ?
2) not very sure which fish attacked the pups , could be any of your other fishes. previously i had some aros which like to eat my pups fresh fresh when just come out... and some aros which dont touch the pups as well so i guess just have to see the temperament of the aro.
3) normally once the pups are born , best would be to place in a floating tub / basket in the same water it was born in till its more stable.
4) most of my rays either give birth at night or very early in the morning and i only discover them when i wake up. mostly can find them hiding behind the pot in my tank... i've seen a few breeders they normally make a large hiding place using some form of mesh or egg crate or something and raise it just high enough from the tank base for the pups , so when the pups are born they can go hide under without the other fishes being able to go in and disturb
5) so far , have never experienced the mother attacking the pups
6) i guess just let your female rest until she is healthy and strong again , and in future maybe when u divide , u can divide a whole section for her like say if your fgt is 12 x 4 , u can divide 2.5ft or 3ft from the 12ft so she can get an area of 4ft x 3ft to rest.. i guess this way its a good amount of space and she can swim around abit.. normally my rays when pregnant they like to do chin up near due date like ''pushing''
i am just assuming this as to your previous post on how u had divided your fish in the fgt.... im not sure how u have done it now.
its either a possibility that she is stressed or only after you had separated the female that she had felt it is safe to give birth. with all your other monsters out there i would say she felt safer in the divider.. i guess a way to check if the pups are premature is to see if the yolk sac is very big.. if big then i would say premature.. if small or none then i guess its she gave birth because she felt it was safe to.
also would be good to keep some baskets/tubs to float for your future pups.
All the best.