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Here's my way of breeding, i just like to share them... and maybe this would help... This is the actual situation, I got 3 very pregnant red coral platy I placed them at my small pond (2 square meters) which is heavily planted, and then after 2 days one had dropped of about 60+ fry. Unfortunately not all of them survive maybe half of them got eaten, but anyway, I moved the mother and the other 2 to my 10G tank after the mother completely dropped the batch. Then, after 2-3 weeks providing the fry a lot of healthy foods, they doubled of their size. I now then moved the mother and the other 2 back to my pond. First they attempt to catch the fry,] but the fry are now able to swim fast to hide at the plants. The fry keep floating everywhere just like playing and they constantly sees them until finally, they completely ignores them. After a week, the other 2 female delivered another batch of fry of about 120+, and they ignore them. While the mother of the first batch is now plump again and ready to deliver next week.

Last edited by ronnfive at 30-May-2005 23:37

gud for u....ronn...my fry just keep on gettin eatin...now..i separated the mom....and still waiting to drop her fry....i would try to save as much as i can and more them to a fry tank.

thats what i was planning on doing

only mine is going to have the diameter of 10ft, depth of 3 ft, and im going to make it more pond like, by seting down a layor of washed leaves, then a layor of small gravel for the bottom, throw in some pond moss (very simmiliar to jave moss) a large rock for ther middel thats 2.8 ft high, then put a large flat rock on top to encourage frogsit will get cleaned once a month, and be scrubbed at the same time, im going to have liner on the sides, being held down by the stones, then after a week
after setup to be sure of no leaks, i will stock it with 2 bettas (male, female) 10 white clouds, 2 female guppies, and 2 plattysbut i have to start clearing out that area first there used to be a building there, and we still have to remove the floor, its nicely shaded, but also gets some sun, but im going to cut down some of the branches from thew tall trees so it gets more sun, i cant wait.

Tankie, here’s a tip for you, do not transfer the mother platy with a net. Try as much as you can not to stress the mom. For it may cause not to drop the batch and you’ll wait for another week instead of this week. Or she’ll drop the batch but some of them are still premature or undeveloped. Here’s what I did, I scoop her with a small bucket and then transfer to the tank. But not so fast, try to mix the water in the tank slowly with the water in the bucket. I did this because I believe that the babies in her tummy are sensitive to the water change. Good luck for your next batch!

Fishy helper, that’s a very good planning. But don’t you like fry because you like to encourage frogs. Frogs and your bettas aside from their parents are going to munch those poor little guys. Well, if you like fry control that might be good. And if don’t, I suggest throwing in some anacharis and hornwort, for fry to hide in. Those two types of plants are very hardy and rapid growth; you can either plant it with a pot or let it float. Good luck though!

i have a special frog im going to move there, its dissabeled, and i dont think can ever be released into the wild, wild. its cant jump at all, but eats everyday, and i havent seen it try and eat any of the fish i put in with it, but i put a bettle in and it plunged into the water after it, but ignores the fish silly frog

congratulations on the fry...just a hint of advise as the females get older the number of fry they have also increase....things quickly get out of hand, as I know all too well in my guppy tankshml

"I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle

Yup, I knew that… same as all livebearers… btw, tnx!