OH BOY Platy Fry!!!

histo320 · 02-21-2008, 04:27 PM

Once again during my weekly tank cleaning I found more fry. Unlike the last time I decided that I would nurture these ones to adults. I bought a net thingy to isolate the little ones from the big ones. Of course I do have some questions.

1. What do I feed them and how often do I feed them?

2. How long do I need to keep them isolated?

3. How long will it be until the fish get big enough to survive in the tank with out being isolated?

Clerk · 02-21-2008, 05:05 PM

Platy fry can eat flake from the start, keep em away until they are larger then the mouths of the other fish. usually takes 2-3 weeks for them to grow that size.

vettech909 · 02-22-2008, 09:38 PM

abou 3 months would do.mabey sooner like mine.i feed mine once a day and i have 2 mollies,3 platys,and a lot of fry not including my gold mystery snail and black kuhli loach.they dont bother each other.

histo320 · 02-24-2008, 08:57 PM

Currently I am feeding them crushed food every day and have them in a breeder net inside the tank. (I'm broke and cannot buy a new aquarium) They are mostly chill in one spot but they swim around quite a bit.

My Peppered Corys and other Platies are extremely interested in the fish or maybe they are just hungry, they are always swimming around the net trying to eat them.

They are already bigger so I take it they grow pretty fast?

Are they going to have a variety of colors or are they going to be the colors of the parents (orange silver mickey and orange black platy)?

02-21-2008, 04:27 PM	#1
histo320 Fishy Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 27	OH BOY Platy Fry!!! Once again during my weekly tank cleaning I found more fry. Unlike the last time I decided that I would nurture these ones to adults. I bought a net thingy to isolate the little ones from the big ones. Of course I do have some questions. 1. What do I feed them and how often do I feed them? 2. How long do I need to keep them isolated? 3. How long will it be until the fish get big enough to survive in the tank with out being isolated? __________________ 4 Peppered Corys 1 Black Mystery Snail 5 Platy fry

02-21-2008, 05:05 PM	#2
Clerk Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Oregon Posts: 466	Platy fry can eat flake from the start, keep em away until they are larger then the mouths of the other fish. usually takes 2-3 weeks for them to grow that size. __________________ Four Tanks 55 Gallon - Planted Display Tank 50 Gallon Community 20 Gallon - High-Light Planted Breeder 29 Gallon - Newt

02-24-2008, 08:57 PM	#4
histo320 Fishy Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 27	Currently I am feeding them crushed food every day and have them in a breeder net inside the tank. (I'm broke and cannot buy a new aquarium) They are mostly chill in one spot but they swim around quite a bit. My Peppered Corys and other Platies are extremely interested in the fish or maybe they are just hungry, they are always swimming around the net trying to eat them. They are already bigger so I take it they grow pretty fast? Are they going to have a variety of colors or are they going to be the colors of the parents (orange silver mickey and orange black platy)? __________________ 4 Peppered Corys 1 Black Mystery Snail 5 Platy fry

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vettech909 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Age: 18 Posts: 146	abou 3 months would do.mabey sooner like mine.i feed mine once a day and i have 2 mollies,3 platys,and a lot of fry not including my gold mystery snail and black kuhli loach.they dont bother each other.

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