Fry Growth

[Britesprite]

So I have 3 molly fry in my 10g tank right now with their mother, 2 corys and an otto cat. All water reading are fine. The 2 female fry are growing fairly quickly, they have already reached about 1.5 cm, but the male is about half their size! Is this normal? He is still very active and swims around the tank with the rest. He is eating normally and seems very healthy, just small. Should I be worried or is he just going to be a smaller fish?

 

[kribensis12]

Maybe he is getting less food, which could result in slower growth.

 

[Britesprite]

Hmm I'm pretty sure that's not it, I watch them feed and he gets just as much as everyone else in the tank.

 

[kribensis12]

Maybe bad gene's. I noticed in my batch of Black Convict Fry, some babiues are huge, and other's arent even half as big! Some got getter/more ood than the other's, which resulted in bigger/smaller ratio's.

 

[Britesprite]

Well I guess I will just have to wait and see how he turns out, his 2 sisters are getting huge compared to him haha.

 

[james1971]

This has happened to me before with guppy fry. Some seemed to grow a lot quicker than others. I just put it down to being 'one of those things'

They all grew up OK in the end.