I found the baby!

msdolittle · 04-10-2006, 11:07 AM

I was cleaning my 30 gallon and realized as I was suctioning the gravel that I'd sucked up a baby (wasn't anticipating little ones yet). I stupidly put it in my 5 gallon quarantine tank with the filter running........he disappeared and I thought he got sucked up. Well, in the meantime, to prepare for mollies I put my little pleco in my 30 gallon tank. I unplugged the heater and filter and just let the tank sit there till I got around to cleaning the gravel and what not. So today, I am cleaning it and there he is!! I just couldn't see him. I put him in a fishbowl by himself, no gravel........ He must be a strong little sucker. He survived the fish in my community tank, he survived the cold water of the 5 gallon, he survived having no food (well, he probably had food in the gravel, huh?).

I was so happy to see him!!

wildtiger · 04-10-2006, 11:35 AM

It's always a big bonus when you have a suprise and that suprise turns out to be the coolest one ever.

msdolittle · 04-10-2006, 12:14 PM

Yes it is!!

**Scuba Kid** · 04-10-2006, 12:20 PM

a baby what?

msdolittle · 04-10-2006, 01:01 PM

Swordtail.

leafgirl115 · 04-11-2006, 09:55 AM

Congrats on the baby!!

msdolittle · 04-11-2006, 10:21 AM

Thanks! And now I have 13 mollies too, but the first swordtail baby is staying with me..... I put him through enough that he clearly wants to be here.

leafgirl115 · 04-11-2006, 02:13 PM

lol

Im hoping to keep some of my mollie fry. so far i have not lost a single one since they where born so im realy happy

What type of mollies are they?

msdolittle · 04-11-2006, 05:46 PM

Black mollies. One passed away today btw.

What are yours?

leafgirl115 · 04-11-2006, 06:52 PM

The moms a Silver mollie but im thinking the father was something elce. I have 3 darker fry than the others(total 7). They are so cute! About 2 1/2 weeks old at the moment.

msdolittle · 04-11-2006, 07:26 PM

How big are they at 2 1/2 weeks?

They are really cute little things....its so funny how the mollies follow the little swordtail around.....

leafgirl115 · 04-12-2006, 03:24 PM

um 2cm i think. How about yours?

msdolittle · 04-12-2006, 04:03 PM

About the size of a grain of rice.......what is that, a centimeter?

TobiDee · 04-12-2006, 08:48 PM

Congrats on the fry!

msdolittle · 04-12-2006, 09:16 PM

Thank you!!! I love having them, they are more fun and way cuter than I imagined... I never thought I'd be so into this.

leafgirl115 · 04-13-2006, 08:34 PM

the first week i was glued to my tank lol. A cm is about the size of your pinky finger nail. (if its not huge lol)

leafgirl115 · 04-13-2006, 08:36 PM

TobiDee thats one huge mollie in that pic you have!!!

msdolittle · 04-14-2006, 08:30 AM

Oh no, my babies aren't a cm then....... They're basically a grain of rice with eyeballs. BUT, they are good eaters and are still swimming so I think most of them will make it! I just want to see them grow!

leafgirl115 · 04-14-2006, 02:50 PM

they grow realy realy fast!!!!!!!!!!!

04-10-2006, 11:07 AM	#1
msdolittle Animal Addict Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ohio Age: 33 Posts: 626	I found the baby! I was cleaning my 30 gallon and realized as I was suctioning the gravel that I'd sucked up a baby (wasn't anticipating little ones yet). I stupidly put it in my 5 gallon quarantine tank with the filter running........he disappeared and I thought he got sucked up. Well, in the meantime, to prepare for mollies I put my little pleco in my 30 gallon tank. I unplugged the heater and filter and just let the tank sit there till I got around to cleaning the gravel and what not. So today, I am cleaning it and there he is!! I just couldn't see him. I put him in a fishbowl by himself, no gravel........ He must be a strong little sucker. He survived the fish in my community tank, he survived the cold water of the 5 gallon, he survived having no food (well, he probably had food in the gravel, huh?). I was so happy to see him!! __________________ ~Angela~

04-10-2006, 11:35 AM	#2
wildtiger "Salmon Free!" Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: New Mexico Posts: 362	It's always a big bonus when you have a suprise and that suprise turns out to be the coolest one ever. __________________

04-10-2006, 12:14 PM	#3
msdolittle Animal Addict Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ohio Age: 33 Posts: 626	Yes it is!! __________________ ~Angela~

04-10-2006, 12:20 PM	#4
Scuba Kid Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: RI Age: 18 Posts: 4,221	a baby what? __________________ Current setups: 1800 gallon koi pond, 10 gallon planted, 150 gallon reef, other FOWLR tanks

04-10-2006, 01:01 PM	#5
msdolittle Animal Addict Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ohio Age: 33 Posts: 626	Swordtail. __________________ ~Angela~

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04-11-2006, 09:55 AM	#6
leafgirl115 ₪ Morgan ₪ Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Canada Age: 17 Posts: 477	Congrats on the baby!!

04-11-2006, 10:21 AM	#7
msdolittle Animal Addict Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ohio Age: 33 Posts: 626	Thanks! And now I have 13 mollies too, but the first swordtail baby is staying with me..... I put him through enough that he clearly wants to be here. __________________ ~Angela~

04-11-2006, 02:13 PM	#8
leafgirl115 ₪ Morgan ₪ Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Canada Age: 17 Posts: 477	lol Im hoping to keep some of my mollie fry. so far i have not lost a single one since they where born so im realy happy What type of mollies are they?

04-11-2006, 05:46 PM	#9
msdolittle Animal Addict Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ohio Age: 33 Posts: 626	Black mollies. One passed away today btw. What are yours? __________________ ~Angela~

04-11-2006, 06:52 PM	#10
leafgirl115 ₪ Morgan ₪ Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Canada Age: 17 Posts: 477	The moms a Silver mollie but im thinking the father was something elce. I have 3 darker fry than the others(total 7). They are so cute! About 2 1/2 weeks old at the moment.

04-11-2006, 07:26 PM	#11
msdolittle Animal Addict Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ohio Age: 33 Posts: 626	How big are they at 2 1/2 weeks? They are really cute little things....its so funny how the mollies follow the little swordtail around..... __________________ ~Angela~

04-12-2006, 03:24 PM	#12
leafgirl115 ₪ Morgan ₪ Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Canada Age: 17 Posts: 477	um 2cm i think. How about yours?

04-12-2006, 04:03 PM	#13
msdolittle Animal Addict Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ohio Age: 33 Posts: 626	About the size of a grain of rice.......what is that, a centimeter? __________________ ~Angela~

04-12-2006, 08:48 PM	#14
TobiDee Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Age: 20 Posts: 5	Congrats on the fry! __________________ _______________________ My plecko is shy, my mollies are aggressive, and my guppies are divas...

04-12-2006, 09:16 PM	#15
msdolittle Animal Addict Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ohio Age: 33 Posts: 626	Thank you!!! I love having them, they are more fun and way cuter than I imagined... I never thought I'd be so into this. __________________ ~Angela~

04-13-2006, 08:34 PM	#16
leafgirl115 ₪ Morgan ₪ Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Canada Age: 17 Posts: 477	the first week i was glued to my tank lol. A cm is about the size of your pinky finger nail. (if its not huge lol)

04-13-2006, 08:36 PM	#17
leafgirl115 ₪ Morgan ₪ Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Canada Age: 17 Posts: 477	TobiDee thats one huge mollie in that pic you have!!!

04-14-2006, 08:30 AM	#18
msdolittle Animal Addict Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ohio Age: 33 Posts: 626	Oh no, my babies aren't a cm then....... They're basically a grain of rice with eyeballs. BUT, they are good eaters and are still swimming so I think most of them will make it! I just want to see them grow! __________________ ~Angela~

04-14-2006, 02:50 PM	#19
leafgirl115 ₪ Morgan ₪ Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Canada Age: 17 Posts: 477	they grow realy realy fast!!!!!!!!!!!

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