Susi Posted July 31, 2004 Report Share Posted July 31, 2004 I've just got up and feed our fish. While watching I saw to tiny babyfish in the back of the tank. What are they??? They are about 1cm long, black in the back and sort of pink/white in the front half with black eyes. Why are there onl two, I thought fish have lots of babys? And what should we do with them? Where keep them and what feed them? We have only had our tank for 2 weeks. 10 Neons, 3 plattys, 2 mollys, 1 otto, 2 albino coreys and 1 yellow bristel nose since yesterday. I have also done my first waterchange and cleande the gravel yesterday. Can anybody please tell what to do with them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fins Posted July 31, 2004 Report Share Posted July 31, 2004 There were probably alot more than 2 fry to start with but they just got eaten. When my platties breed the fry looked orange and just like a miniture version of its parents. My guess is they are albino corydoras as they have pink and are quite big. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midas Posted July 31, 2004 Report Share Posted July 31, 2004 If they have black eyes they won't be albino cory's. I'd would say that they are baby Platies. Chances are they will get eaten if you don't move them out of that tank or seperate them somehow (e.g. by a breeding trap placed in the tank). If you can seperate them just feed them finely crushed up flake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted August 1, 2004 Report Share Posted August 1, 2004 What colour are your mollies? and what are the platies? They will probably be the fish that they look most like. Although with the cross breeding, throw-backs in colouratation can be expected as well. Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susi Posted August 1, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2004 Well, I have just been up the road and bought one of these net cages and I also managed to catch one!!! I'm very proud of that as I have never ever caught a fish in my life!!! Yes there was only one baby left, but maybe the other one is hiding. We'll see. So how often and what do I feed that one? I can't wait to see what it looks like in a few days. How fast do fish grow? We have two red plattys, 1 'mickey mouse' platty (the other one died last week) - with a little bit of black in one of the fins and our golden mollys are bright orange. Oh well I suppose I'll have to wait now. susi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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