danios!!! - Page 2

trashion · 02-24-2008, 06:51 PM

Nah, they're naturally all white, but they usually have blotchy colors from the dye. It could be that they were dyed with the "slime coat" or color-enhanced food method, which I've read fade faster and looks a little more "natural." Perhaps the dye faded out already.

Clerk · 02-24-2008, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Obsidian

If they are pure white with black eyes what were they dyed with? I know about dying fish but I thought it was with colors and words and other stuff like that. Do they just dye them so they are all white?

I believe that was refering the the variant of the tetra colored. White skirts and black skirts are both dyed various colors and called 'fruit tetras'

The result is the same, death.

trashion · 02-24-2008, 07:40 PM

Not to condone dyeing, because I don't, but I've seen some "fruit tetras" live quite a long time. Skirt Tetras are extremely hardy fish, to the point where I had one live in terrible conditions (my early days of fishkeeping) and he still was alive and kicking five years later.
I've seen full-grown "fruit tetras" at shops.

Clerk · 02-24-2008, 08:14 PM

Unaltered fish live about 10 years, under good conditions.

trashion · 02-24-2008, 08:18 PM

To OP: Meaning undyed, kept in schools, in sizable aquariums.

vettech909 · 02-25-2008, 02:00 AM

my platy had a black fry a couple of hours ago!is my female gonna drop soon?she gravid spot(BIG).

Obsidian · 02-25-2008, 06:17 AM

Ahhh, so if they are called "Fruit Tetras" that is how you know they had been dyed. I was trying to figure out how everyone knew it was dyed when it had no colors LOL. This is good to know!

In response to the with the fish eat the fry question: Fish will, as a general rule, eat fish that they can fit in their mouths. So if the fry are smaller than an adults mouth, it is food not friend

vettech909 · 02-26-2008, 12:24 AM

i need to know abou my mollies and platys!!!exspecially the female!!!pregnant???!!!

**JustOneMore20** · 02-26-2008, 12:52 AM

What size tank do you have??

Gravid spot=pregnant.

What are you asking?

vettech909 · 02-27-2008, 03:49 PM

can someone please tell me about my mollie and platys?!?!?!

fishbguy · 02-27-2008, 05:00 PM

we need to know what you are asking.

I highly suggesty you go on the internet and read. while you are waiting for answers here, you can go too google and get answers just as fast, if not faster, because you do not have to wait for others to read your thread, post, etc.

Also, if this has to do with livebearers, I am 99.9% sure that your same question has been asked before, and it has been answered before. Try using the search button on the homepage.

About the tetras, skirts are some of the easier tetras to breed(so I've heard) but don't get your hopes up.

At the lfs I work at, we get in fruit tetras, dyed of course, and they loos almost ALL of their color within days. I go to work on tuesdays when we get them in, and on friday, the color is almost all gone....same with the dyed parrots.

Obsidian · 02-28-2008, 12:09 AM

For at least the 3rd time: WHAT SIZE TANK?

mesapod · 02-28-2008, 12:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Obsidian

For at least the 3rd time: WHAT SIZE TANK?

Thats what im wondering.

vettech909 · 02-29-2008, 12:18 AM

sorry i didnt know there was a second page:}
the tank is 55 gallons but the female is in a 5 gallon with the other pregnant one.i will take them out once they give birth.i wanted to know if mollies will breed with platys.i know platys willl breed with swordtails.i have searched the internet but it didnt say anything about if the platys were bleeding.the gravid spot is in the mid tail/stomach area.

02-24-2008, 06:51 PM	#21
trashion girl anachronism Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,006 User Feedback: (0)	Nah, they're naturally all white, but they usually have blotchy colors from the dye. It could be that they were dyed with the "slime coat" or color-enhanced food method, which I've read fade faster and looks a little more "natural." Perhaps the dye faded out already. __________________ current setup: 15 gallon, planted w/ pressurized co2, 55watts PC lighting, EI fert dosing. -5 harlequin rasboras -5 amano shrimp -12 Aspidoras pauciradiatus (sixray or false corydoras) for reference: my name is Julie

02-24-2008, 07:40 PM	#23
trashion girl anachronism Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,006 User Feedback: (0)	Not to condone dyeing, because I don't, but I've seen some "fruit tetras" live quite a long time. Skirt Tetras are extremely hardy fish, to the point where I had one live in terrible conditions (my early days of fishkeeping) and he still was alive and kicking five years later. I've seen full-grown "fruit tetras" at shops. __________________ current setup: 15 gallon, planted w/ pressurized co2, 55watts PC lighting, EI fert dosing. -5 harlequin rasboras -5 amano shrimp -12 Aspidoras pauciradiatus (sixray or false corydoras) for reference: my name is Julie

02-24-2008, 08:14 PM	#24
Clerk Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Oregon Posts: 474 User Feedback: (0)	Unaltered fish live about 10 years, under good conditions. __________________ Three Planted tanks 55 gallon, 50 gallon, 20 gallon False-bottom Newt Paludarium 29 gallon

02-24-2008, 08:18 PM	#25
trashion girl anachronism Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,006 User Feedback: (0)	To OP: Meaning undyed, kept in schools, in sizable aquariums. __________________ current setup: 15 gallon, planted w/ pressurized co2, 55watts PC lighting, EI fert dosing. -5 harlequin rasboras -5 amano shrimp -12 Aspidoras pauciradiatus (sixray or false corydoras) for reference: my name is Julie

02-25-2008, 06:17 AM	#27
Obsidian Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Arizona Age: 37 Posts: 1,174 User Feedback: (0)	Ahhh, so if they are called "Fruit Tetras" that is how you know they had been dyed. I was trying to figure out how everyone knew it was dyed when it had no colors LOL. This is good to know! In response to the with the fish eat the fry question: Fish will, as a general rule, eat fish that they can fit in their mouths. So if the fry are smaller than an adults mouth, it is food not friend __________________ Obsidian 20 gallon 1 Dwarf Gourami; 6 Cherry Barbs 4F 2M; 8 Black Neon Tetras; 3 Peppered Cory's; 1 Bristlenose Pleco 10 gallon 4 Zebra Danios 5.5 gallon 1 Zebra Danio in QT with columnaris 100 gallon 10 Giant Danios; 5 Long Finned Rosy Barbs, 2 Rubber Lipped Pleco's, 1 Blue Mystery Snail Eventual additional stock: 5 blue rams, 1 rainbow cichlid, 5-7 julie corycats, 5-7 burmese loaches.

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02-25-2008, 02:00 AM	#26
vettech909 Banned Join Date: Jan 2008 Age: 17 Posts: 217 User Feedback: (0)	my platy had a black fry a couple of hours ago!is my female gonna drop soon?she gravid spot(BIG).

02-26-2008, 12:24 AM	#28
vettech909 Banned Join Date: Jan 2008 Age: 17 Posts: 217 User Feedback: (0)	i need to know abou my mollies and platys!!!exspecially the female!!!pregnant???!!!

02-26-2008, 12:52 AM	#29
JustOneMore20 Moderator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Alabama, US Age: 22 Posts: 3,648 User Feedback: (1)	What size tank do you have?? Gravid spot=pregnant. What are you asking? __________________ *Kristin* 5 Planted tanks: 55g, 40g, 29g, 20g, 5.5g 10g N. multifasciatus tank, 5.5g Platy fry

02-27-2008, 03:49 PM	#30
vettech909 Banned Join Date: Jan 2008 Age: 17 Posts: 217 User Feedback: (0)	can someone please tell me about my mollie and platys?!?!?!

02-27-2008, 05:00 PM	#31
fishbguy I'm watching you Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: michigan Age: 16 Posts: 1,842 User Feedback: (1)	we need to know what you are asking. I highly suggesty you go on the internet and read. while you are waiting for answers here, you can go too google and get answers just as fast, if not faster, because you do not have to wait for others to read your thread, post, etc. Also, if this has to do with livebearers, I am 99.9% sure that your same question has been asked before, and it has been answered before. Try using the search button on the homepage. About the tetras, skirts are some of the easier tetras to breed(so I've heard) but don't get your hopes up. At the lfs I work at, we get in fruit tetras, dyed of course, and they loos almost ALL of their color within days. I go to work on tuesdays when we get them in, and on friday, the color is almost all gone....same with the dyed parrots. __________________ She went away, she cut me like a knife Hello beautiful thing, maybe you could save my life In just a glance, down here on magic street Loves a fool's dance And I ain't got much sense, but I still got my feet The girls in their summer clothes In the cool of the evening light The girls in their summer clothes, pass me by

02-28-2008, 12:09 AM	#32
Obsidian Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Arizona Age: 37 Posts: 1,174 User Feedback: (0)	For at least the 3rd time: WHAT SIZE TANK? __________________ Obsidian 20 gallon 1 Dwarf Gourami; 6 Cherry Barbs 4F 2M; 8 Black Neon Tetras; 3 Peppered Cory's; 1 Bristlenose Pleco 10 gallon 4 Zebra Danios 5.5 gallon 1 Zebra Danio in QT with columnaris 100 gallon 10 Giant Danios; 5 Long Finned Rosy Barbs, 2 Rubber Lipped Pleco's, 1 Blue Mystery Snail Eventual additional stock: 5 blue rams, 1 rainbow cichlid, 5-7 julie corycats, 5-7 burmese loaches.

02-29-2008, 12:18 AM	#34
vettech909 Banned Join Date: Jan 2008 Age: 17 Posts: 217 User Feedback: (0)	sorry i didnt know there was a second page:} the tank is 55 gallons but the female is in a 5 gallon with the other pregnant one.i will take them out once they give birth.i wanted to know if mollies will breed with platys.i know platys willl breed with swordtails.i have searched the internet but it didnt say anything about if the platys were bleeding.the gravid spot is in the mid tail/stomach area.

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