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agent_alice  Hobbyist Posts: 114 Kudos: 115 Votes: 0 Registered: 11-Jul-2004   | Can female livebearers get pregnant all the time? Meaning are they fertile all of the time or do they have "periods" like mammals? |
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littlemousling      Conchiform Posts: 5230 Registered: 23-Aug-2003 | Pretty much every female livebearer that's in a tank with males or has been in the last 6 months is pregnant. As soon as one batch drops, she's pregnant again. Probably a bit stressful, but more or less impossible to slow down, so ... that's a female livebearer's life! -Molly Visit shelldwellers.com! |
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fish1 Banned Posts: 1727 Kudos: 1910 Votes: 58 Registered: 09-May-2004  | Yep they can store up to 6 "packs" of sperm! |
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| amilner Big Fish Posts: 429 Kudos: 654 Votes: 0 Registered: 05-Jul-2004  | My current 'record' for a female having batches of fry without the presence of a male is 4 times. If they average a batch every 4-6 weeks, thats 16-24 weeks. Quite phenomenal really but then 'survival of the fittest' means just that. |
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