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Gang,

I though I share an experience with you.

Some of you might know that a few months ago I was raising the question when it would be time to release my Sunset Platy fry into my [link=29G Tank]http://www.fishprofiles.com/files/forums/Aquascaping/61406.html" style="COLOR: #ff6633[/link]. At that time, I had them separated in a corner of the tank for almost 3 months and only then did I feel secure enough to open the gates.

Well, about 2 months have passed since then and by now the babies have babies . What a surprise!!! This time, I decided to let Mother Nature run the show, I have a large Tenellus garden in the tank and fry can hide in there. About 3 days ago, the fry started to swim in the open, and that not only during feeding time. I estimate that they are about 2 weeks old (and there are 2 of them). Unfortunately, I could not get a picture of them, as they are darn fast and always on the watch that none of the adults (10 Platies, 4 Neons, 4 Zebra Danios) eat them.

Luckily, the same happened in my [link=20G Tank]http://www.fishprofiles.com/files/forums/Aquascaping/63901.html?08496973" style="COLOR: #ff6633[/link]. There, the 2 female Gold Twin Bar Platies had fry, about 5 days apart, and now that the 12 Rasbora Espei and 4 Otos are removed from the tank the older fry (2 – at about 2 weeks old) swim full time in the open. The younger ones (2 - maybe 9 days olds) stay closer to the plants and the bottom of the tank.

What I want to say is: I greatly underestimated the cunningness of these little buggers when I confined them for 3 months. It is so much fun to watch them swim in the open of the tank.

Ingo

Can you find the Baby?

LITTLE_FISH attached this image:

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How about the two 9-days old fry?

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That's very nice and very beautiful... i always love babies, maybe the reason why i'm overstocked. lol! but then again, another tank comes in. (sigh!)

ronn

Here is another shot of the little bugger from the first picture:

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that's more like it, good shot! but he or she forgot to say cheese!

ronn

ill trade u molly fry for platy frybeautiful fry especially the last 1