Platy fry

[Tempestuousfury]

My platy gave birth this morning, some time between 12 AM and 7 AM. Last night I saw that she had gotten very big and her gravid spot was more like a batch. So if your pregnant platy (if you have one) is looking really obese and has a huge spot, she's ready to give birth. When I woke up, there were 10 new fry (I had one earlier from my aunt's aquarium). What should I do with them now? I've got from shrimp-stuff from Petsmart, so when should I feed this to my fry? How long until they are full-sized? What should I do with the extras (how do I go abut selling them)? How long until the fry are ready to breed? (I don't want too many of them, and I want to choose who I pair up)

 

[bigfish]

Depends how many of the 10 fry survive to adult hood, which depends on food, water chemistry etc

Crushed up flake so it's like powder will do. I feed my babies on a product called 'Liquidfry for livebearers' by Interpet for first two weeks then i feed them 'Tetramin Baby Flake' by Interpet. It works for me.

Oh congratulations by the way on the new arrivals.

 

[infant340]

well u can feed them the shrimp stuff if its brine shrimp eggs u need to hatch them if its full grown brine shrimp dont feed. either put the fry in a breeder net or a separate tank(5gallons is good) or u can feed them powder flake food thats fine too. CONGRATS on the fry

 

[haaris]

youll get more help on this topic in livebearers

 

[TempestBlayze]

Once your platy is pregnent, how long on average does it take to have their fry?

 

[bigfish]

Six to eight weeks apparantly, i woke up to finding little fry swimming all over the place!!!! i have netted 8 so far but keep picking up more, 1 of my fry is alot bigger than his buddies he must of been there at least a month (last batch perhaps the one that got away)

So i'm going to be busy feeding and changing, as i have 2 pregnant swordtails that are about to bust anytime.

I like being fish mommy.

 

[joshua]

heard about cooked mashed up egg yolk (hard boiled). do not put too much as it will cloud water. put some water and mash it up till very fine

 

[Tempestuousfury]

Thanks for the advice. The fry are doing pretty well, but I don't have enough room for them. The fish that gave birth to these fry died (do you thing it has something to do with: a) that I moved here from aa tank to a net breeder and back or B) the pregnancy itself?) so I plan on replacing her with one of the fry. What should I do with the ones that I can't give away? I've gone to places to sell them, but have been turned down. Should I keep looking for more stores to sell the fry to or just give them to a store?

 

[Juggernaut22988]

Try asking for a trade with the lfs

Lfs will only take grown fish

Frys are unlikely to be taken
Let them grow a bit more then send them off

 

[Tempestuousfury]

Thanks for the help. But, at the risk of sounding stupid..., what is Lfs?

 

[juliethegr8t]

LFS = Local Fish Store

 

[Tempestuousfury]

Oh. Hmm... Wonder why that didn't hit me b/f...

 

[Juggernaut22988]

You can also give them to breeding farms (they will give you some credit in return)

I once did that with a goldfish of mine and they gave me a 10g tank in return!!

 

[Tempestuousfury]

How big/ what type was that goldfish? I'm not sure how to contact a breeder, though... Hmm.

 

[Juggernaut22988]

The goldfish was a 4" Ryukin that was a mix of white, gold, and black

I was a female (I think)


As for the breeder, look in the phone book
They have ads in there