fry found - Aquarium Advice

flushingfish · 01-21-2007, 02:35 PM

I never even thought of the possibility of my fish spawning but about 3 weeks ago I noticed little orange dots in the tank that moved. Turned out the Platy we thought was fat was pregnant. Of course, being a livebearer all of a sudden there are fry in the tank and being a community tank survival of the fittest took hold as the tetras made short work of most of the babies. That's nature so that's okay. Even my 6 yr old found it fascinating that this how it really is outside the tank. I thought that just one of them had survived because it was all I ever saw hiding in the plants. Lo and behold we saw three of them the other day. I guess I'm going to have to separate mom and dad for the moment and hope that my LFS takes some off my hands in future spawnings. But here's a pic of one of the little guys that is getting bold now that he's too big to be a meal.

coldmachineUK · 01-21-2007, 03:05 PM

Awww, congratulations. S/he looks very cute!

theotheragentm · 01-21-2007, 03:13 PM

Congratulations. I'm always finding fry in my tank, and I have no idea where they come from half the time.

flushingfish · 01-21-2007, 03:27 PM

I was having a good time with it until I started to think about the stress on the bioload. MTS may be closer than I thought.

ksfishguy · 01-22-2007, 08:19 PM

I keep waiting to see something like that swimming in my swordtail tank, congrats!

01-21-2007, 03:05 PM	#2
coldmachineUK Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: UK Posts: 709 Images: 6	Awww, congratulations. S/he looks very cute! __________________ For expert advice check out these great sites: The Puffer Forum: http://www.thepufferforum.com \| The Cichlid Forum: http://www.cichlid-forum.com \| Cichlid Room Companion Forum: http://www.cichlidae.com \| Planet Catfish: http://www.planetcatfish.com \| PlecoFanatics: http://www.plecofanatics.com \| Gobioid Research Institite: http://www.gobiidae.com \| Fishbase.org: http://www.fishbase.org ------------------------------------------------------- 36 Gal: Malawi Cichlids \| 36 Gal: Brackish Puffer \| 58 Gal: FW Community \| 20 Gal: FW RTBS Shark \| 10 Gal: FW Breeder Spares: 20 Gal: Former River Conditions \| 8 Gal: Former Fry Tank \| 32G: Former Community Tank

01-21-2007, 03:13 PM	#3
theotheragentm Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,173	Congratulations. I'm always finding fry in my tank, and I have no idea where they come from half the time. __________________ Box of Water - My Personal Musing and Photos on Fish Keeping

01-21-2007, 03:27 PM	#4
flushingfish Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: flushing, ny Posts: 241 Images: 12	I was having a good time with it until I started to think about the stress on the bioload. MTS may be closer than I thought. __________________ It swims therefore it is 20 Gallon planted community 4 neon tetras 3 head and tail light tetras 4 white cloud minnows 2 marble hatchets 4 poleatus cories 1 freshwater flounder 1 japonica shrimp 4 Otos

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01-22-2007, 08:19 PM	#5
ksfishguy Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Hutchinson, Kansas Posts: 338	I keep waiting to see something like that swimming in my swordtail tank, congrats!