The Vanishing Game.

[fish*pie]

I have two orange and yellow platy's, and i think one of them was pregnat as it got very fat and kept hiding in the plants the other morning when i got up it was skinny again and i could not see any little fish, i have a crazy clown loach could he have eaten them, also would i of been better putting the platy in a other tank on her own

 

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Yes, fry from livebearers make very good between-meal snacks! Its the best way to keep from being overrun with livebearers! Embrace the ways of mother nature (somehow that sounded like "use the force" lol)

 

[fish*pie]

Yes, fry from livebearers make very good between-meal snacks! Its the best way to keep from being overrun with livebearers! Embrace the ways of mother nature (somehow that sounded like "use the force" lol)

thank you for your reply.

 

[waterdrop]

Didn't mean that to sound un-caring. When livebearer females get very large and have their dark "gravid" spot (triangular looking often, on the sides behind their large belly) you can isolate them to a fry tank or a birthing net or other fry isolating device if you want to keep and raise some of the fry. The livebearer species sections on the forum can probably discuss this in more detail with you. For beginners, its often a problem they don't realize they have, that livebearers are such prolific breeders that the stocking size of the tank will quickly grow, possibly pushing above what the filter can handle.

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[fish*pie]

Thank you, i will. great info