They're *sniffle* Growing Up...

[Annastasia]

My Variatus babies are getting so big! They are currently living in a 20 gallon long with their mother and some Cories and Loaches, and it just struck me how big they are now! About 1". They are about 2 months old now, so I'm going to have to start seperating soon. But they are getting such nice coloring...just like their daddy.

I know you guys would want pictures, so I beat you to the punch. My babies first debut!

"Mummy...what are you doing?"

"Seriously...what?" (Look at the fry below, he looks cross-eyed )

"Eh well, I'm outta here" "Me too"

The best picture of the batch:

And the worst one:

I also have one that's growing up to have no black, but the body is green. I'll be interested to see how he turns out.

Edit: Just for comparison...Daddy:

 

[willtang3000]

wow daddy is stunning

 

[Annastasia]

Thanks willtang! I love him too, unfortunatly he has to be seperated to cut down on the breeding some. He is happily living with his male buddies in a 30g though.

Just for the record, Mom looks basically like that, only not quite as colorful and a little fatter.

 

[willtang3000]

thankfully for some reason my platies dont breed

 

[Annastasia]

Umm...that usually means something is wrong. Either that, or they do mate, and give birth, and the fry get eaten?

Edit: Oh, by the way, Bryan...I don't think I can ship any of these to you. There aren't turning out to be that many. Maybe next batch?

 

[willtang3000]

well coz the his partner died and his only living child his daughter is half his size lol

 

[Annastasia]

Oh, I see. You should get more females or seperate them, though. Otherwise, he will stress the daughter out once she gets a bit bigger, trying to breed with her.

 

[Weaver]

They really are cute and their daddy is a gorgeous fish
Do you intend keeping any of them or do you always get rid of all the fry?

 

[Annastasia]

Nah, I'm going to keep these little guys. Well, this batch anyway. There's only about 7, so I can handle that. I have an extra 30g that can always be set-up, should I need more room. I don't usually get rid of fry, as I try to keep my males and females seperate unless I want to breed or am ready for fry so I don't have a lot of fry to give away!

Thanks for the nice comments!