New mysterious fry?!

[abrage22]

O wow, I just came to check out my tank, and there are fry swimming around! I have no idea where they came from. Two of my ghost shrimp each are eating a dead one, my black molly tried eating one. I currently have one safely in a net on top of the tank. I had no fish that looked pregnant, nor did I every see any eggs anywhere. I have 5 cardinal tetra and a black and cremecicle lyretail molly. I'd like to know if it came from my two mollies, or from the tetra. But what should I do to try and keep the one i have safe alive?

 

[Homedog98]

Feed it crushed up flake. It sounds like maybe the mollies IMO.

 

[Rosenweiss]

I think it was the mollies. Even if they didn't spawn recently, livebearers can carry sperm for a while. IME, crushed up flake is too big for small fry and just fouls up the water. Look for a liquid fry food.

 

[abrage22]

Alright thanks. Should I try and get as many in the net as I can?

 

[Homedog98]

Alright thanks. Should I try and get as many in the net as I can?

If you'd like... They do make a nice snack for other fish though lol. And Rosenweiss, I agree with the liquid food comment, but usually, if it's unexpected, crushed up flake will work temporarily.

 

[Esoteric Backbone]

I reccomend buying Hikari's First Bites, its great food for fry.

 

[HN1]

I agree, Mollies. Liquid, first bites, crushed flake, BBS, golden pearls... most anything should work. Mollies have relatively large fry.

 

[Rosenweiss]

Ah, I was thinking of fry hatched from eggs that I've had experience with not really being able to eat crushed flake, but I forgot that the livebearer fry would be much bigger.