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featherrrrr Fingerling Posts: 19 Kudos: 13 Votes: 0 Registered: 22-Jul-2004	im so happy!!! i found a platy fry!!! just one tho... when fries are born, how big are they? and up to how many fries can the female platy have? oh man, when i found the fry, my gouramies and my female betta was circling the area where the fry was like sharks looking for food! i drove to petco and bought a breeder's net and little fake plants to put in there. the fry is doing really well and eating! im so happy. it seems like my female platy is pregnant again.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:47
fishboy8206 Enthusiast Posts: 227 Kudos: 354 Votes: 2 Registered: 27-Jan-2004	your platy probally is not pregnant again so quick it may still not have droped all the fry. my platie drop around 50 or more fry. the size is this big ( -* )good luck
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:47
fishyhelper288 Fish Guru Posts: 2161 Kudos: 1951 Votes: 137 Registered: 29-Feb-2004	actualy, if she has dropped all her load she is pregnant again, females can store sperm, so if all their fry get eaten, she will have another batch if there is no males around, she may have a few more drops before she is empty
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:47
tessa38uk Big Fish Posts: 466 Kudos: 586 Votes: 121 Registered: 11-Mar-2004	congrats on the baby platy. I managed to catch two baby platys,five baby swordtails and three baby black mollies about 2 months ago. I first had them in nets but then moved them to a tank of their own where they are now growing quite quickly. I did lose two of the black baby mollies though but the other is doing well. Good luck I hope the baby grows into a lovely platy for you. http://www.greenspersonalprinting.com/
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:47
Theresa_M Moderator Queen of Zoom Posts: 3649 Kudos: 4280 Votes: 790 Registered: 04-Jan-2004	Congrats I don't try to rescue fry but I have one guppy and two platies that managed to survive on their own. One of the platies is now a soon-to-be mom ~~~~~~~~~~~~ There is water at the bottom of the ocean
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:47
agent_alice Hobbyist Posts: 114 Kudos: 115 Votes: 0 Registered: 11-Jul-2004	congrats! careful with the breedomg net. I had one healthy fry, but i put him in the breeding net, and eventually he got stuck between the net and the post in the net and died. Good luck
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:47
featherrrrr Fingerling Posts: 19 Kudos: 13 Votes: 0 Registered: 22-Jul-2004	i have two female platy in my tank. the day i found the fry, one of my female platy was on the bottom of the tank, which is very unusual for my platies, and around her, there were so many (.)<--- these looking things moving around. but the fries cant be that small, can they? well, for few days, my platy was pretty skinny and now, shes getting fatter by the day. thanks for all ur replies!!!!
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:47
kitten Fish Guru Meow? Posts: 2266 Kudos: 2194 Votes: 19 Registered: 18-Nov-2003	Fry ARE small... they look like two tiny pin-prick eyes attached to a nearly invisible tail. A tiny, invisible tail at that! Gouramis, bettas, danios... all those are going to enjoy a quick lunch. I've never had a problem with fry in my breeder net (I save one batch of fry and the rest have to fend for themselves) and my guppies' first drop is alive and well. Of the subsequent drops, I have maybe ten or so fry. Watch them carefully these first few weeks... they grow fast! ~Meow. Thus spoke the cat.~
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