Just Found A Baby!

[snakequeen]

Hi all
i have just found a really tiny baby in my tank
Im not sure what it is though.
I know its not a molly as i have got molly fry and its too tiny to be one of those.
Could it be a guppy?
My 2 gupys look really pregnant still though
How small are newborn guppy fry?

 

[5teady_2012]

depends on the size of thie rmother...

but guppies are usually a greyish light browny colour and longish and thin.

Or like a clear type of look to them.

here is some guppy fry

 

[snakequeen]

well this is black and only about 1mm long maybe 2mm

 

[lilfishie]

guppy fry tend to be translusent in colour too whereas mollies colour is more solid

 

[omega59]

first off.. congrats, and i think you have mollies

 

[snakequeen]

first off.. congrats, and i think you have mollies

The mollies that i already have are way much bigger than this little fella, i will try and take a photo of it and thanks

 

[lilfishie]

he may be a runt of newborn and you didn't spot the rest until they were a few days old

 

[OldMan47]

Not sure what you are looking at there. At 1 or 2 mm it is too small to be even a newborn molly. Their newborns are more like 4 or 5 mm. Newborn guppies are smaller than new mollies but I think my even smaller endlers are more than 2 mm at birth. Is there anything else in the tank that might be the parents? Some egg layers have fry that small but most livebearers start out bigger than that.

 

[snakequeen]

Not sure what you are looking at there. At 1 or 2 mm it is too small to be even a newborn molly. Their newborns are more like 4 or 5 mm. Newborn guppies are smaller than new mollies but I think my even smaller endlers are more than 2 mm at birth. Is there anything else in the tank that might be the parents? Some egg layers have fry that small but most livebearers start out bigger than that.

All i have in that tank is Guppys, Mollys, Zebra Danio and Helequins

 

[Athena]

It's possible that the fry is a Harlequin - they are egg-layers with tiny fry.

I have Harlequins and platies in a tank and recently the platies had a batch of fry - a few days later I noticed a very tiny fry - completely different to the others - almost black in colour and different shape. It must have been a Harlequin fry because it definitely was nothing like the platies - so I think you have the same scenario as myself. Apparently, Harlequins will eat their fry if they are not removed after hatching.

Athena

 

[lilfishie]

with the size of egg layers fry, anything will eat them, it could be either the harliquins on the danios, did you seperate it?
would be nice to see what it ends up being

 

[snakequeen]

with the size of egg layers fry, anything will eat them, it could be either the harliquins on the danios, did you seperate it?
would be nice to see what it ends up being

Yes i have seperated it, i have it in a net on its own.
I was going to put it in with my molly fry but i thought they might eat it as its so tiny
Will keep you informed as it grows

 

[OldMan47]

They might well eat it until it gets big enough to be with the mollies. Sounds like you are doing the right things with the unknown fry.

 

[5teady_2012]

Zebra danio fry

Harlequin fry

 

[snakequeen]

Well looking at those pics it looks more like a danio fry.
BUT my husband knocked th net into the tank and it has dissappeared!!!
Im hoping it is lurking in the gravel or the plants and hasnt been eaten, i will keep looking tho