Recent content by Zissou

Sorry I haven't posted in a while. Unfortunately the fry I had in the breeder net didn't make it. After I took the net out and did a water change, however, I saw another fry getting chased by the momma fish. It looked like she ate him but who knows. I thought i watched her get eaten before...

Great advice. With the tank lights off I did see it coming up to feed. May just be my imagination but it does look a little bigger today... Probably been eating all along just when im out of sight. Its Reassuring to witness it though. I will pick up some better cover for his net too. There's a...

Thanks! I really like the idea of using shrimp. I'm not familiar with the otos but will look into it. Will definitely keep this method in mind if I decide to start actively breeding. I picked up the first bites but The little fry still doesn't seem to be eating. At least not while I'm looking...

That is really awesome! Sounds like a great method and obviously works really well for you. I really like the idea of it. Thanks for all the details! When I set up this tank I was careful to select all females. Being very new to this I wanted to avoid the complications of baby fish. Now I'm...

That's true I guess. Circle of life... Or something. I did find the first bites today at petco. Ill give him a tiny bit tonight and see how it goes.

Wow!... If that's the case I wouldn't have room for that many fish in my tank. What to do with all those fishies? The small fry in the breeder net doesn't seem to be eating the tiny flakes this morning. Maybe I didn't crush them fine enough? Hoping to pick up the First Bites today and have...

Sorry, I meant to move the pictured fish with the symptoms. Ive already moved the one fry I could find to breeder net. I know it's hard to make a call from the picture. To me, she doesn't look huge but I feel like it could be possible she's pregnant...

It's the fish in this picture that had those symptoms. Does she look big enough to be with fry?

Haha. You may be right! Do you think it would be wise to move her to the breeder net? I don't think she'd go after the fry in there. He's found himself a little hiding place under the frame.

Well I've added one more platy. Readings are still zeroes. But last night during a water change I was very surprised to find babies! One of the original two had given birth to some fry. Only spotted a few. Netted and moved one to a breeder net. Keeping a lookout for others... Didn't see that...

Awesome. Thank you all. I'll look for the hikari tomorrow. Here's a pic of the fish I'm pretty sure was the momma: She is much more active today and aggressively feeding. Last night she chilled at the bottom behind plants all night. Tonight this one is hanging on the bottom and not...

That's awesome, congratulations. And thanks for the advice. I put a flake into the breeder net. I wasn't able to watch it feed but the flake is gone now so I assume he ate it. Regular flakes ok to feed? How much/often do you recommend to feed the baby? Looks like just the one made it...

I feed daily but small amounts trying not to overfeed. The big platies had been chasing the fry and acting like they'd eat if they could.

Three adult platies. I just netted one baby and got it into the breeder net gently. Can't find any other babies at the moment.

I'm very new at this. Been keeping fish for about 2 weeks now. We've got babies! We were out all day yesterday but last night when I was changing water I noticed a tiny fish dart across the tank! I spotted at least two last night and one this morning before work. I picked up a breeder net...