Releasing Platy Fry?

histo320 · 03-11-2008, 04:35 AM

I have 4 platy fry and they are about 1/2 a cm, would it be okay to release them in the tank with the other fish or should I wait longer?

mesapod · 03-11-2008, 04:48 AM

Maybe wait until they are 1 centimeter just to be safe.

dlynnb2006 · 03-20-2008, 05:07 PM

I have platy fry as well and it was reccomended to me that they be 1 inch before being released

**JustOneMore20** · 03-20-2008, 07:14 PM

What other fish are in the tank that you will be releasing them into? I'm assuming adults.....but what else? 1 inch would probably be best, but if you don't have anything too large, 3/4" might be ok.

MollyBreeder12 · 03-23-2008, 04:05 PM

I think they should be about 1" && big so they wont get eaten.

oliesminis · 03-23-2008, 10:40 PM

if it only the corydoras in the tank i would release them pretty soon as the corys generally arent agressive to platy fry

also if your filter has an open inlet try covering it with a sponge so they dont get sucked in

gil_ong81 · 04-16-2008, 08:58 PM

a little off tangent, but what do you do if you DON'T want fry?

Obsidian · 04-16-2008, 09:30 PM

Get all males. You cannot get all females because most livebearing females come from the store pre-hit.

emc7 · 04-16-2008, 09:30 PM

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do you do if you DON'T want fry

keep all males, or keep the livebearers in with something that has a a bigger than livebearer fry mouth. Or net the fry and put them in with a dwarf pike cichlid, a pictus cat, etc.

03-11-2008, 04:35 AM	#1
histo320 Fishy Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 27 User Feedback: (0)	Releasing Platy Fry? I have 4 platy fry and they are about 1/2 a cm, would it be okay to release them in the tank with the other fish or should I wait longer? __________________ 4 Peppered Corys 1 Black Mystery Snail 5 Platy fry

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mesapod Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Age: 17 Posts: 258 User Feedback: (0)	Maybe wait until they are 1 centimeter just to be safe. __________________ Kevin's Tanks *10 gallon tank* - 2 adult guppies-1 female 1 male-10 1 week old guppy fry, *10 gallon tank-nothing 24 gallon*- 5x neon tetras-3x otocinclus, 3x albino cories

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dlynnb2006 Fishy Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Age: 20 Posts: 10 User Feedback: (0)	I have platy fry as well and it was reccomended to me that they be 1 inch before being released Last edited by dlynnb2006; 03-20-2008 at 05:18 PM.

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JustOneMore20 Moderator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Alabama, US Age: 22 Posts: 3,651 User Feedback: (1)	What other fish are in the tank that you will be releasing them into? I'm assuming adults.....but what else? 1 inch would probably be best, but if you don't have anything too large, 3/4" might be ok. __________________ *Kristin* 5 Planted tanks: 55g, 40g, 29g, 20g, 5.5g 10g N. multifasciatus tank, 5.5g Platy fry

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oliesminis FISH ARE FREINDS NOT FOOD Join Date: May 2007 Location: England, Milton Keynes Age: 15 Posts: 537 User Feedback: (0)	if it only the corydoras in the tank i would release them pretty soon as the corys generally arent agressive to platy fry also if your filter has an open inlet try covering it with a sponge so they dont get sucked in __________________ OllieCoxPhotography Why, in a world of thousands of languages, does everbody laugh the same

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03-23-2008, 04:05 PM	#5
MollyBreeder12 Fishy Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 14 User Feedback: (0)	I think they should be about 1" && big so they wont get eaten.

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gil_ong81 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Rochester, NY Age: 35 Posts: 171 User Feedback: (0)	a little off tangent, but what do you do if you DON'T want fry?

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Obsidian Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Arizona Age: 37 Posts: 1,174 User Feedback: (0)	Get all males. You cannot get all females because most livebearing females come from the store pre-hit. __________________ 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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