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BabyBlueEyes Hobbyist Posts: 105 Kudos: 110 Votes: 1 Registered: 10-Sep-2004	HELP!! my yellow platy was pregnant after all! well i now have 2 fry after the rest of the babies got chomped on by other fish....i put the 2 fry in a breeding net and put the mom in too. she dosent have any interest in the fry and she looks like she might give birth again. i went to my local petstore and bought fry food. what the HECK do i do now? can someone tell me how mush to feed it when to fish it and anything else i need to know.... PLZ help me i need as much help i can get!! PEACE Mira
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:47
aquanator101 Fingerling Posts: 35 Kudos: 38 Votes: 0 Registered: 12-Oct-2004	I am rising my first fish fry... hehe. fish fry... Anyway, they are guppies and I'm feeding them frozen bbs, baby brine srimp. Also you will want to get a 5 doller hachery to put them in. My gubby mothers would eat the fry so I have her in a 10g and catch the fry before the powerfilter sucks them up or get eating. Feed them small but decent feeding 3 to four times a day. Hope this helps!
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:47
aquanator101 Fingerling Posts: 35 Kudos: 38 Votes: 0 Registered: 12-Oct-2004	also, if you have a filter that would suck them up and spit them out... you should put pantyhose or netting around the intake.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:47
solublefish Fish Addict Posts: 562 Kudos: 850 Votes: 40 Registered: 27-Feb-2004	I have about a dozen week old guppies (oy, this must be the hundreth batch). I don't do anything special, and several seem to survive. You can just keep them in the community tank. If you provide cover like floating plants, many fry will survive. You can also crush flake food for them to eat. Feed them often, at least 3 times a day. Make sure you keep up on maientenance because all that food you feed them will go bad in the tank if not eaten. Don't worry too much--you'll have fish coming our of your ears. I don't do a thing, and many fish survive. HTH
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:47
BabyBlueEyes Hobbyist Posts: 105 Kudos: 110 Votes: 1 Registered: 10-Sep-2004	i have the fry in a breeding net its pretty big. they wont get sucked up by the filter and they seem pretty safe to me! they are doing great and are swimming around nipping at things! i love them even though there are 2 LOL i hope they grow healthy and strong! wish me luck!
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:47
solublefish Fish Addict Posts: 562 Kudos: 850 Votes: 40 Registered: 27-Feb-2004	It's very exciting. They will grow really fast--you'll have full grown platies in no time. Have fun!
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:47
aquanator101 Fingerling Posts: 35 Kudos: 38 Votes: 0 Registered: 12-Oct-2004	I have most of my I think. About 22 or 3. The mom is still going to spit more out soon from what I understand. This will be my only allowed breeding. I wasn't planning on keeping guppies and then this lady gives me a fat female and 2 days later I am breeding expert. Male, go to your corner! Female, go to yours! I am going to be giving this whole first batch a nice life home however. Almost feeding time!
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:47
BabyBlueEyes Hobbyist Posts: 105 Kudos: 110 Votes: 1 Registered: 10-Sep-2004	well the platy that gave birth to my 2 fry is still acting strange! she looks like shes going to have more...what should i do? i dont got the room to raise all of the fry just enough room for 2.....should i just leave her in the community tank and what fry lives, lives? i dont got the room...
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:47
solublefish Fish Addict Posts: 562 Kudos: 850 Votes: 40 Registered: 27-Feb-2004	If you don't want any more fry, just leave her in the community tank, and most will probably get eaten. I left my females guppies in the community tank, but every couple months one or two would survive to become adults. Livebearers give birth very often, about once a month. If you feel you want to keep the fry, just wait until next month.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:47
aquanator101 Fingerling Posts: 35 Kudos: 38 Votes: 0 Registered: 12-Oct-2004	Does it hurt to have fry go up the power filter decompose or does it actually help the nitrogen cycle?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:47
solublefish Fish Addict Posts: 562 Kudos: 850 Votes: 40 Registered: 27-Feb-2004	Whenever you see a dead fish in the tank/filter, you should take it out. All that the nitrogen cycle needs to get started is fish (ammonia). A dead/rotting fish will just make an imbalance and screw around with the levels of ammonia/nitrite/nitrate. If you don't want fry going up the filter, you can cover the intake with a sponge (such as filter media for an aquaclear filter) or pantyhose.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:47


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