Giving Birth

[devilfishy]

ive got babies 8 so far yipheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee i am so happy i asked all those out there yesterday about my platy and said she looked ready to pop put her in the trap this morning at 9 am and now she is giving birth now

 

[pippoodle]

congratulations

 

[devilfishy]

ive got babies 8 so far yipheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee i am so happy i asked all those out there yesterday about my platy and said she looked ready to pop put her in the trap this morning at 9 am and now she is giving birth now

17 babiesin total how cool i must sound really sad but i am very happy she is the 1st one of my platys to give birth

congratulations

thank you so much but i didnt do alot but i had the joy of watching lol

 

[nosoup4you]

Congrats! Fry are always fun...

 

[devilfishy]

Congrats! Fry are always fun...

oh they are why im here does anyone know what other fish i may be able to put in my fry tank to help clean up the algi i was thinking along the lines of corys my local pet shop has got panda cory i think they look very nice so if anyone copuld give me a little advice

 

[chesterscot]

if you went down the cory road youd need a small group to keep them happy
otto's are good algae eaters
scot

 

[nosoup4you]

Cories would be fine in your fry tank (I have a few in mine) but they don't do much to eat the algae. I've found that a little algae in your fry tank is a good thing. My fry love to pick at the algae in the tank between feedings...and it's really good for them.

 

[OldMan47]

Like NoSoup said, algae is not a bad thing at all in a fry tank. Platies and most typical livebearers will pick at it even as adults but the fry almost seem to need it. I like to put pygmy sized cories into my fry tanks, corydoras habrosus, because I have found they don't bother the fry and will eat some of the extra food that always ends up being in a fry tank. Once you have things running right in the fry tank remember that lots of small feedings and lots of partial water changes are the key to good fry growth. Everyone remembers the feeding but some people are afraid of the water changes and it shows in the resulting growth rate.

 

[devilfishy]

hi guys thanks for the advice i have moved my fry into a 3 foot tank as theres a few of them (65)lol and we have added otto's as our little cleaners and it all seems very nice calm and maintained but the otto's and the fry help them i cault fry cleaning the otto's lol bless um im loving it i also just up graded tank to 5ft curved end lac very nice massive fish love it will add pics soon i got the bug lol big time lol but like the little fish more than the big ones only big ones i might have is giant sordtail pet shop getting them in very soon