Lyretail Popped

Katchan

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about 2 dozen fry :kana: (some may of bean eaten), mother rested then returned to 40 gallon happy as can be, but saggy round the middle :lol: .

One more questin any idea how long till I can tell between normal and lyretailed fry?

Katchan
 
Thats fantastic!!! I came in here hoping you would have posted telling us whether or not she had!!!!

Aren't swordy babies gorgeous :wub:

Polardbear is probably the best person to ask about lyretails and how you can tell with fry. Perhaps the ones with the longer finnage would be my guess but I am not sure!!

Good luck with them :D
 
Thanks Platy,
I thought it would be more a matter of time - somewhere between 2-5 weeks give or take, I was just wondering for more accuracy :lol:

Katchan
 
I meant to ask you.....is the father a regular swordy? I figured he was since I don't think lyrtails males can impregnate female swords. Correvt me if I am wrong.....

What colour was the father? Are the fry showing any colouration yet?

Sorry for all the questions. I just love fry, especially swordy!!!
 
questions is fine :lol:

The father was (I gave him away a couple of weeks ago) a regular red swordtail with a black stripe on bottom of sword, he was also a good size.

I cant see any colour on the bodies but some have touches of black on their tails.

katchan
 
Your fry should be reds and red wags, probably with the majority being wags. I've found that the color will start showing on the fry within a few days (reds seem to color up real quick, it's like they are translucent one day and overnight they turn red).

I can usually tell which are going to be lyretails by about 2 weeks for sure and I'm getting pretty good at guessing at 1 week. If you look real closely (I've been known to use a magnafying glass) you'll see a little hook on the end of the top fin on the baby lyretails while the regular finned babies will have a more rounded top fin. The tail fin doesn't usually start showing the difference for another couple weeks after that. I've also noticed that the lyretail ones will have a slimmer look to their body. I've been averaging around 25% lyretails lately out of my lyretail girls when bred to a regular finned male. However, I've got one batch right now out of a lyretail female bred to a hi fin male and almost half are showing the lyretail characteristics.

Good luck with them, give momma some bloodworms to reward her for a job well done!
 
Never thought I'd see a polar bear and a bi polar bear in the same thread. :rofl:

OK bad joke I know. :rolleyes:

Congratulations on the babies. :thumbs:
 
They may show up on our camera as its hald decent but will have to wait till in the morning when the natural light lights the tank up better than any lighting we have

Katchan
 

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