Swordtail Fry

[jmaster]

hey all
last night another female gave birth to about another 15 babys they hav been added to baby tank wiv the about 25 month old ones
i noticed that the month old one are really that much bigger than the new born
should they be?
i also hav another 3 pregnant females so yea will hav alot of babys could they be used to feed my axolotl? dont really want to but i dont hav room for all these babys
thanks alot

 

[lilfishie]

yes there will be some size difference my guppies at a month old are about an inch long and my fry a few mm, as for feed them to you axolot i don't have a clue

 

[jmaster]

but my mouth old ones arent an inch yet
should they be?
how often u feeding them and cleanin there water?
xXx

 

[lilfishie]

mine get cleaned once a week and get fed every other day

 

[jmaster]

ok then
was that since they wer first born?
how do ures grow so quick
what u feeding them?

 

[lilfishie]

i just feed them flake and the tank is only a 3 gallon it puzzles me how they grow so fast

but come to think of it they were bigger when they were born, like double the size of the ones i'm used to getting.
xXx

 

[jmaster]

hmmm very strange,
i feed mine 2-3 times aday wiv flakes and clean them few times aweek atm and there in 5 gallon
there wer really tiny wen born tho tbh

 

[lilfishie]

but the weirdest bit is i only ever get 10 tops fry in one lot with the exception of the ballon molly that had 101

 

[jmaster]

so u just got 10 big babys?
i got loads atm and another 3 pregnant
wow 101 she must hav been well big
did you count them?

 

[lilfishie]

yep 101 and i went through and counted everyone, she was a balloon molly but sadly out of 101 only 1 reached adult hood, but they were smaller than guppy fry

 

[jmaster]

lol how did u manage to count 101 fry lol
yea i know and balloon mollys are big as it is so emagine her wiv 101 babys in her hahaha

 

[lilfishie]

i counted them whilst transfering from the breeder trap to there own lil tank

and if you saw how big she was you'd know why there called ballon mollies

 

[jmaster]

o rte guess that makes it easier to count haha
bet the breeder trap was well full then
haha u should hav got a pic

 

[lilfishie]

i thought i was imagining things at first

oops i've kinda took over you topic with my stories, sorry

 

[jmaster]

lol haha thats cool
lol thats fine no need to be sorry
im happier it was u i got to talk to than anyone else