A question about fry

[LoveMyFish]

Hi everyone. I have a few questions maybe someone could help me with. One of my platies gave birth to 29 fry that I know of and I was lucky enough for most of them to be born in a breeding net. Only 3 have not made it and most of the others seem pretty healthy. They are now a few days shy of being four weeks old and I am wondering:

* Is there a point where I can expect the majority of the ones who have made it to live? For example, do the weak ones usually die within the first few weeks or is there really no way to tell how many you'll end up with? I'm probably going to give some away if so many make it is why I ask, and I am wondering at one point will I be able to tell if I can do that without giving all the healthy ones away and ending up with none in the end.

* In your experience, how many or what percentage in general make it?

* Some are orange, some are gray, and I would want to keep some of both colors. Could it be that the grayish ones just haven't developed an orange color yet or is it likely they will stay different?

Thanks in advance.

 

[jams.alaskan]

I'm not sure how to answer this - I rarely have deaths at all but some folks loose most of theirs, if you keep you water qualities good that should improve their odds. There will always be more so just keep now, what you want. I always get grey babies (color develops later) the yellow or orange fry in my tank are always from the swords and sailfin molly crew so I can't answer that one.

ALASKA

 

[HeatherSweetness]

* Is there a point where I can expect the majority of the ones who have made it to live? For example, do the weak ones usually die within the first few weeks or is there really no way to tell how many you'll end up with? I'm probably going to give some away if so many make it is why I ask, and I am wondering at one point will I be able to tell if I can do that without giving all the healthy ones away and ending up with none in the end.

* In your experience, how many or what percentage in general make it?

* Some are orange, some are gray, and I would want to keep some of both colors. Could it be that the grayish ones just haven't developed an orange color yet or is it likely they will stay different?

*After a week,the ones that made it are 99% positive going to make it to adulthood unless ick or fungus or a water disaster happens.

*In my experience,if I keep them in the breeder net ALL of them do fine. I remove the biggest ones when they get about an inch in length to allow the smaller ones to fill out.

*Of all of the platy babies I have had,which is ALOT lol,the grey ones always turned blue. Or a shimmery silver/blue. The orange ones will get brighter,some may even turn red which has happened to me.

HTH