Let's play a game... Mystery Fry - Aquarium Advice

Angry the Clown · 12-13-2007, 08:37 PM

Today I found a couple of fry in my tank. No idea what they are, and I figured that I would present a game to you to see who can figure out what they are. I am totally unprepared for fry (obviously wasn't expecting them) so I am going to try and do what I can to keep them alive.

After finding the first, it was a mad dash to try and capture it. He ended up hiding near my cannister intake, and you guessed it... down to the filter it went. Had fun ripping my cannister apart to find it, but I got the little guy and the filter got cleaned.

All the gunk in the below picture is the mulm from the filter. You can see the full resolution photo Here

Any guesses?

Dt524 · 12-13-2007, 11:52 PM

what fish do you have in the tank?
Im taking a wild guess is it a danio?

blazeyreef · 12-14-2007, 12:03 AM

what fish do you have in your aquarium? it would help narrow the options down, but three things I noticed are
large eyes
hard to tell but "maybe" an superior mouth shape, meaning it would be a surface feeder
long(er) tail
just my observations...

Skyrmir · 12-14-2007, 01:10 AM

I'm going with some sort of live breeder like a molly or a swordtail.

Angry the Clown · 12-14-2007, 12:20 PM

an excerpt list from the following post

Fish
15 neon tetras
6 columbian tetras
1 betta splendens
8 cories (various)
5 albino bristlenose plecos (2 parents, 3 year old fry)
1 otto
1 platy
2.2 german blue rams

Skyrmir · 12-14-2007, 01:04 PM

Okies, assuming you've had the platy alone long enough that it didn't pop out a few pups. That's a cory fry!

Angry the Clown · 12-14-2007, 03:21 PM

I guess the game is for not.. the fry didn't make it through the night, and I haven't found any additional in the tank.

I will keep looking though. Thanks all for the comments.

Alshain · 12-14-2007, 07:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skyrmir

Okies, assuming you've had the platy alone long enough that it didn't pop out a few pups. That's a cory fry!

Ah but Platies can hold sperm for upwards of a year before giving birth. It looks just like my swordtail fry so I would guess platy.

12-13-2007, 08:37 PM	#1
Angry the Clown Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 159 Images: 1	Let's play a game... Mystery Fry Today I found a couple of fry in my tank. No idea what they are, and I figured that I would present a game to you to see who can figure out what they are. I am totally unprepared for fry (obviously wasn't expecting them) so I am going to try and do what I can to keep them alive. After finding the first, it was a mad dash to try and capture it. He ended up hiding near my cannister intake, and you guessed it... down to the filter it went. Had fun ripping my cannister apart to find it, but I got the little guy and the filter got cleaned. All the gunk in the below picture is the mulm from the filter. You can see the full resolution photo Here Any guesses?

12-14-2007, 12:03 AM	#3
blazeyreef Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Nashville TN Posts: 1,591 Images: 1	what fish do you have in your aquarium? it would help narrow the options down, but three things I noticed are large eyes hard to tell but "maybe" an superior mouth shape, meaning it would be a surface feeder long(er) tail just my observations... __________________ Houston "Face Trials with Smiles"-Porter Ellett *My aquariums-5gall snowball shrimp, 20long-awaiting setup,29gall planted* "We are nothing until we make ourselves somthing" CTR**

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12-13-2007, 11:52 PM	#2
Dt524 Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 68	what fish do you have in the tank? Im taking a wild guess is it a danio?

12-14-2007, 01:10 AM	#4
Skyrmir Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL Posts: 510 Images: 9	I'm going with some sort of live breeder like a molly or a swordtail.

12-14-2007, 12:20 PM	#5
Angry the Clown Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 159 Images: 1	an excerpt list from the following post Fish 15 neon tetras 6 columbian tetras 1 betta splendens 8 cories (various) 5 albino bristlenose plecos (2 parents, 3 year old fry) 1 otto 1 platy 2.2 german blue rams

12-14-2007, 01:04 PM	#6
Skyrmir Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL Posts: 510 Images: 9	Okies, assuming you've had the platy alone long enough that it didn't pop out a few pups. That's a cory fry!

12-14-2007, 03:21 PM	#7
Angry the Clown Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 159 Images: 1	I guess the game is for not.. the fry didn't make it through the night, and I haven't found any additional in the tank. I will keep looking though. Thanks all for the comments.