I have a planted 6-gallon nano tank that houses two clown killifish, three amano shrimp, a nerite snail, and nothing else.
About a month ago, I noticed a few tiny white fry in the tank. After about three days, I had a dozen or so of them. Obviously I assumed they were baby killies, as those were the only fish I had ever kept in the tank. I wasn't sure if the shrimp would go after them, and I had a bunch of guppy and platy fry from my other tanks. So I combined all the fry together into their own tank.
But as they got older, these fry didn't look or act much like clown killifish. They are a pure pearly white, with a body shape similar to the guppies but not as fat. They're very active, swim all over the tank, and eagerly eat just about anything. They're a month old now, and they are now noticeably smaller than the guppy fry that was born around the same time. For weeks I've been wondering when they would start to look and act more like killies.
Then yesterday I was changing the water in the killie tank, and I spotted one single TINY fry swimming at the top with black and white stripes and blue eyes. Now THAT'S a clown killie fry! Which begs the question: what the heck are these little white fish? And how did they get there? I can only assume there were eggs on a plant I brought home from the fish store, and those eggs survived both a good washing and my amano shrimp.
Does anyone have any idea what these could be? I tried to get a picture, but they move too fast. Just picture pearly white guppies, but without the round belly.
About a month ago, I noticed a few tiny white fry in the tank. After about three days, I had a dozen or so of them. Obviously I assumed they were baby killies, as those were the only fish I had ever kept in the tank. I wasn't sure if the shrimp would go after them, and I had a bunch of guppy and platy fry from my other tanks. So I combined all the fry together into their own tank.
But as they got older, these fry didn't look or act much like clown killifish. They are a pure pearly white, with a body shape similar to the guppies but not as fat. They're very active, swim all over the tank, and eagerly eat just about anything. They're a month old now, and they are now noticeably smaller than the guppy fry that was born around the same time. For weeks I've been wondering when they would start to look and act more like killies.
Then yesterday I was changing the water in the killie tank, and I spotted one single TINY fry swimming at the top with black and white stripes and blue eyes. Now THAT'S a clown killie fry! Which begs the question: what the heck are these little white fish? And how did they get there? I can only assume there were eggs on a plant I brought home from the fish store, and those eggs survived both a good washing and my amano shrimp.
Does anyone have any idea what these could be? I tried to get a picture, but they move too fast. Just picture pearly white guppies, but without the round belly.
