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	What is the difference between guppy and platy fry?
Rookie_Boy Hobbyist Posts: 96 Kudos: 55 Votes: 0 Registered: 07-Dec-2005	What is the difference between guppy and platy fry? I'm just asking as I have guppies and I bought a trio of platies two months ago, a male and two females.. and then one of the females changed to a male so now I have two males and one female. I found some fry in my tank, they look the same as guppy fry, just slightly fatter than normal and somehow easier to catch. Thanks. R_Boy
Posted 02-Apr-2007 19:53
So_Very_Sneaky Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3238 Kudos: 2272 Votes: 201 Registered: 10-Mar-2004	Guppy fry are usually born a plain silvery color and small. Platy fry are much larger and are born with full color. They look fatter with taller bodies and bigger eyes. Come Play Yahtzee With Me! http://games.atari.com Http://www.myleague.com/yahtgames
Posted 02-Apr-2007 20:55
Rookie_Boy Hobbyist Posts: 96 Kudos: 55 Votes: 0 Registered: 07-Dec-2005	Okay. I think the fry I have are platy fry.. but they are the same size as newborn guppy fry, and they have a slight pink tinge, and seem to congretate together in the most bushy false plant I have inside their plastic breeder. R_Boy
Posted 03-Apr-2007 10:28
jasonpisani Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 5553 Kudos: 7215 Votes: 1024 Registered: 24-Feb-2003	Platy fry are bigger than Guppy fry & it's quite easy to see the difference when you have seen both of them. http://www.flickr.com/photos/corydoras/ Member of the Malta Aquarist Society - 1970. http://www.maltaaquarist.com
Posted 06-Apr-2007 23:14
Rookie_Boy1 Hobbyist Posts: 53 Kudos: 27 Votes: 0 Registered: 14-Apr-2007	Hi, I'm actually Rookie_Boy, I've lost my account and password somehow. The fry in question are defintely platy since I caught two guppy fry the day before y'day. there is a size & colour diffrence. The two guppy fry are the same size as the platy fry now. I didn't realise that guppy fry grew fast.. when I only had guppies & not platies. Do guppy fry grow faster than platy fry usally? Thanks. R_Boy1
Posted 14-Apr-2007 16:54
So_Very_Sneaky Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3238 Kudos: 2272 Votes: 201 Registered: 10-Mar-2004	I have found platy fry grow much faster than guppy fry, though I could be mistaken it could be that they are just born larger and so seem to grow faster. How fast they grow depends on a lot of factors, temp of water - in warmer water (like 82f) they grow a lot faster than in 74F water. The more water changes the faster they grow, and the more they are fed the faster they grow. Come Play Yahtzee With Me! http://games.atari.com Http://www.myleague.com/yahtgames
Posted 14-Apr-2007 21:54


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