When referring to newly hatched fish, the word fry is both singular and plural. One fry, two fry, red fry, blue fry.
Fries are chips.
Feed finely crushed flake (crushed between your fingers is fine enough).
I always get my tanks from a glazier. They are a fraction of the cost. Small tanks don't need their own stands as they often fit easily on existing furniture.
Most people seem, from what I have seen, to breed according to colour, rather than species.
I imagine most here are either Xiphophorus helleri or X maculatus. There are a number of variations within these two depending on colour and fins.
Does the fish look like a pinecone all over? That is dropsy. If the scales are just sticking out over the belly, where it is distended, then it is something else.
Yes that will fit. I am in Nelson today so hopefully pufferfishnz sees my PM and contacts me via text. If not, I am sure Grant will be in Nelson before we go so can pick it up. I think he is in Nelson tomorrow actually. :roll:
Platys are easy to sex.
Here is a female...
and here is a male...
Note the difference in the fin under the body. It is rounded on the female and long and pointed on the male.