My Little Boy Is A Daddy!

[minxfishy]

In my sons tank (4 yrs old) he's just noticed tiny little baby fish, Im amazed and assuming they are platy babies As I cant think what else they could be, hes got some neons and 3 phantom tetras in there too, along with the platies.

In all the time ive kept fish, never once have I managed to see any baby fish, although not having had many livebearers I guess this isnt that unusual, eggs would have been eaten by larger fish in my tanks.

So we have two that I can see, hiding out in some java moss and plastic plants, lord knows what theyve been eating, but they have survived this far so I wont do anything special now and keep my fingers crossed they grow bigger to confirm what they are.

Hes chuffed to bits, bless him, now I just have to be careful when doing water changes I dont suck them up

 

[england]

sounds like plattie fry,,,,god a one point i was over run with guppy fry/bristlenose fry didnt know what to do

 

[Robot_Rooster]

if they fit in their mommies mouth they will eat them (i think) you should move them to a solitary tank for them to mature safely.

and congratz! i have never gotten that far

 

[nosoup4you]

Aw, congrats to the little guy! No matter what age you are, it's always exciting finding fry.

 

[minxfishy]

Well they seem to have grown to the point of not being eaten, even the neons arent taking any notice of them, so I will leave them where they are, I dont have breeding nets or another tank to put them in, unless I put them in with the corys and dwarf rainbows, who i think would make a nice snack of them, or I could put them in with my texas but dont think they would last 5 seconds.

He said something to me the other day about seeing something small in the tank, but to be honest I didnt take much notice (bad mummy) and I honestly dont take much notice of his tank, I clean it once a week thats about it, I could have hoovered up several without noticing before! He feeds them not me, so I dont look into the tank much.

Fingers crossed they make it as he wont be happy if they get eaten, they must be about 5-6mm, so I assume a couple of weeks old? I dont know much about the growth rate of livebearers, anyone help me out on how old they could be?

 

[shelaghfishface]

awww bless him, i can imagine how excited he is, and can totally get the " i dont bother with his tank" bit, i was the same, tho how much can you do eh? without taking it all away from them,
i hope they all grow up big and strong

congrats, little one

 

[JenCliBee]

congrats hun and 2 ur son .... will have my fingers crossed for him hope they survive


jen

 

[kevinthecow]

They're slow growers, IME. (With swordtails, for at least 2 months by now mine is still pretty small, just grew bigger, but not wider.)

Grats! I always save only three fry everytime my swordtails deliver. ): I always miss it cause of school. (knew i should have trapped her first!)

How large is your son's tank? I'll be jealous of it's larger than mine.


I have two fry (one is, two weeks and other one is two months) living with my crayfish. Poor pablo only likes his pellets and grapes, no live. ):

Anyways, tell your son I said congrats and good luck with his fry.

 

[paul123]

hehe, good on the little guy