myriam
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I have a section of my 20G set up with a tank divider, and that's where my molly gave birth. I moved her to the main part of the tank after she was done. At that time I had 10 fry in that little section, and for the past couple of weeks they have doubled in size.
This morning I checked my little babies as usual, and I had to blink a few times...there are now 20(!) fry in that little section. The bizarre thing is that the new 10 are really tiny, like they were just born, and are literally half the size of the other 10 fry.
Where the he** could these 10 little fry have come from?! Could they have been hiding in the gravel/plants for two weeks? I thought maybe my divider had a gap or something, and they had swum in from the main section, because there are pregnant platies in there. But I checked the divider and it's pretty tight on both sides, with a rubbery seal between it and the glass. I just can't believe they could have been hiding for two weeks; both my husband and I were counting the fry twice every day to make sure they were all there.
My 4 yr old's theory is that the mother had more babies to give, so during the night she jumped over the divider, gave birth, then jumped back to the other section to be with her friends. LOL!!
Now I really don't know what to do with all these fry 8O Guess I'd better call the LFS in a couple of months to see if they'll take some.
This morning I checked my little babies as usual, and I had to blink a few times...there are now 20(!) fry in that little section. The bizarre thing is that the new 10 are really tiny, like they were just born, and are literally half the size of the other 10 fry.
Where the he** could these 10 little fry have come from?! Could they have been hiding in the gravel/plants for two weeks? I thought maybe my divider had a gap or something, and they had swum in from the main section, because there are pregnant platies in there. But I checked the divider and it's pretty tight on both sides, with a rubbery seal between it and the glass. I just can't believe they could have been hiding for two weeks; both my husband and I were counting the fry twice every day to make sure they were all there.
My 4 yr old's theory is that the mother had more babies to give, so during the night she jumped over the divider, gave birth, then jumped back to the other section to be with her friends. LOL!!
Now I really don't know what to do with all these fry 8O Guess I'd better call the LFS in a couple of months to see if they'll take some.