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Do you have any other fish that'd eat them? If so I'd put them in a fry box. Rainbow fish are known for eating their eggs, but I'm not sure about fry. I'd put them in the box just to be safe, however this may stress them out a little, and you're unlikely to catch all of them.

Thanks for the reply, I was thinking it could be breeding behavior but wasn't sure. I've done a bit of research on the shimmies and I don't think it's that, apparently they shake their whole body, whereas mine is just twitching its head. However, I've noticed the female doing the same last...

When my Swordtails bred, they had a total of 12 fry. I often found that only 8 of them survived. My platys were always in the mood and often had a batch every few 3 or 4 months, never knew how long she was actually in labour though; she was quite chunky, as though she was always carrying.

Hi everyone, I have two Banded Rainbowfish in my 200L tropical freshwater fish tank, along with other tank mates (additional info available on request). I believe I have a male and a female, and am not sure whether this is the right thread to post this in, so forgive me if I'm wrong. What I'm...