Found a Random Fry

COM · 04-20-2008, 07:30 PM

About an hour ago, while watching some cherry shrimp climb along a vine of Amazon Swordtail, I noticed an itty bitty fishy hiding in a big leaf. It is a fry from either a powder blue mickey mouse platy or a marigold swordtail. All of my female livebearers are or have been pregnant and I have been traveling so I may have missed one giving birth. I only found this one so I am assuming that the rest didn't survive ore are really good at hiding.

I caught the fry in a net and placed it in a specimen container filled with tank water suspended in the tank. What should I do long-term?

oliesminis · 04-20-2008, 11:35 PM

you could let it go and see if it survives, but that depends on the tank mates

you could get a small tank as a growout tank for fry if you find more

or you could get a breeder trap and leave it in that

just remember to feed it/them regulary and it should be ok

COM · 04-20-2008, 11:44 PM

I picked up a ten gallon tank while out shopping for fry food. Nine bucks, can't beat it. I'm going to run a little internal filter in my tank for about a week and then transfer it to the ten. Meanwhile I'm going to keep my little fry in a suspended container with some flow through unless there are other suggestions.

I suspect it is a marigold sword. I noticed that one of my females is a lot thinner looking and the male is aggressively "courting" her. More fry soon, I'm sure.

CaysE · 04-21-2008, 07:10 PM

I would keep them in a QT net in the tank for at least a week before putting them in a new tank. I planned on just growing out my fry in the QT net, except I have 12 now. LOL

COM · 04-24-2008, 06:57 AM

I bought a big breeder trap and removed all of the dividers. This way my fry (I named him Nemo as he is the only one to survive from the litter and my nephew keeps asking, "Where's Nemo?") and I put some pieces with him. I also bought Hikari First Bites fry food.

I ordered a filter and heater for the ten gallon tank. They have not come yet. I will run the filter for at least a week in one of my established tanks and then set it up in the ten. Then Nemo gets to move to a bigger home. I have several pregnant platies and swords so I anticipate that I will be stocking the "grow tank" soon.

04-20-2008, 07:30 PM	#1
COM Rebel Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 324 User Feedback: (0)	Found a Random Fry About an hour ago, while watching some cherry shrimp climb along a vine of Amazon Swordtail, I noticed an itty bitty fishy hiding in a big leaf. It is a fry from either a powder blue mickey mouse platy or a marigold swordtail. All of my female livebearers are or have been pregnant and I have been traveling so I may have missed one giving birth. I only found this one so I am assuming that the rest didn't survive ore are really good at hiding. I caught the fry in a net and placed it in a specimen container filled with tank water suspended in the tank. What should I do long-term?

04-20-2008, 11:35 PM	#2
oliesminis FISH ARE FREINDS NOT FOOD Join Date: May 2007 Location: England, Milton Keynes Age: 15 Posts: 537 User Feedback: (0)	you could let it go and see if it survives, but that depends on the tank mates you could get a small tank as a growout tank for fry if you find more or you could get a breeder trap and leave it in that just remember to feed it/them regulary and it should be ok __________________ OllieCoxPhotography Why, in a world of thousands of languages, does everbody laugh the same

04-21-2008, 07:10 PM	#4
CaysE Stowaway Winner Join Date: May 2006 Location: Bloomfield, NJ Age: 29 Posts: 355 User Feedback: (0)	I would keep them in a QT net in the tank for at least a week before putting them in a new tank. I planned on just growing out my fry in the QT net, except I have 12 now. LOL __________________ 20gal tall! Display tank Flourite, Nutrafin CO2 system, Aquaclear 50, 55W 6.5k bulb @ 10hrs, 65W 10k bulb @ 2hrs, 100W Visi-Therm 14+ furcata rainbow fry!, 1 albino longfin BN pleco, 6 crystal red shrimp, ramshorn & physa snails 10gal! Holding tank Eco-Complete, Aquaclear 30, 36W CF retrofit @ 10hrs, 50W Visi-Therm Stealth 4 furcata rainbows, 1 neon blue Endler, MTS 5gal hex! Mini planted tank Eclipse Hex5 with Eco-Complete, 25W heater, 1 male crowntail betta, ramshorn & physa snails.

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04-20-2008, 11:44 PM	#3
COM Rebel Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 324 User Feedback: (0)	I picked up a ten gallon tank while out shopping for fry food. Nine bucks, can't beat it. I'm going to run a little internal filter in my tank for about a week and then transfer it to the ten. Meanwhile I'm going to keep my little fry in a suspended container with some flow through unless there are other suggestions. I suspect it is a marigold sword. I noticed that one of my females is a lot thinner looking and the male is aggressively "courting" her. More fry soon, I'm sure.

04-24-2008, 06:57 AM	#5
COM Rebel Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 324 User Feedback: (0)	I bought a big breeder trap and removed all of the dividers. This way my fry (I named him Nemo as he is the only one to survive from the litter and my nephew keeps asking, "Where's Nemo?") and I put some pieces with him. I also bought Hikari First Bites fry food. I ordered a filter and heater for the ten gallon tank. They have not come yet. I will run the filter for at least a week in one of my established tanks and then set it up in the ten. Then Nemo gets to move to a bigger home. I have several pregnant platies and swords so I anticipate that I will be stocking the "grow tank" soon.

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