Regular Member Josie Posted April 27, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted April 27, 2015 (edited) Holy crap, so I was watching my tropicals eating their food just now, and I noticed there are fry in my tank! What kind of fry??? I am not sure. They are yellowish. I have platys, a molly and neon tetras in the tank. All of the platys seem to be female, so the fry must be neon tetras then...right? Or maybe the platys were already pregnant? I would think it is more likely that they are platys. I have had this tank set up for about a month now, and I don't know how long the gestation period for platys is. Here is a picture of two fry: Edited April 27, 2015 by Josie 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member RanchuDressing Posted April 27, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted April 27, 2015 It's really really hard to distinguish platy fry from molly fry till they're over a month old, though I'm leaning toward platy based on your pic. Mainly because I'm drowning in 3-week-old molly fry right now and I know them intimately. But even if your molly is a single female with no mate, she can store sperm for up to 6 months and decide when to get pregnant (so if you've had her less than 6 months, it could be molly fry). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Josie Posted April 27, 2015 Author Regular Member Share Posted April 27, 2015 Oh the molly is a male, so I know they are not from him LOL! I am pretty sure they are platys then because I think it is harder for the neons to breed. I have no idea how many are in there, or what I will do with them all! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member DawnMichele Posted April 27, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted April 27, 2015 Congrats!!!!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Flipper Posted April 27, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted April 27, 2015 (edited) mom : Edited April 27, 2015 by Flipper 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Josie Posted April 27, 2015 Author Regular Member Share Posted April 27, 2015 Eeeeeek! I don't really know what to think of all this LOL It looks like I will be having a fish give away sometime soon 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Flipper Posted April 27, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted April 27, 2015 Food for someone 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Josie Posted April 27, 2015 Author Regular Member Share Posted April 27, 2015 Food for someone Like who.....a goldfish? Is that what people do with their extra fry??? I just looked in the tank again and I found a baby pond snail! This tropical tank is taking on a life of its own LOL. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Kate89 Posted April 27, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted April 27, 2015 Congrats on the babies! There's a lot of reproducing going on at the moment... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member goldfishfanforever Posted April 27, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted April 27, 2015 They are platy fry! And CONGRATZ! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member aquabubbles Posted April 27, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted April 27, 2015 Definitely platy fry! Congratulations!!!!!!!!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin koko Posted April 27, 2015 Admin Share Posted April 27, 2015 WOOOT !!! Not to side track but I got a question for you Molly and platy ppl...?? Ready?? Can you mix guppies with a platy or a molly in the tank... I want to get a platy and put it with the guppies just one 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Josie Posted April 27, 2015 Author Regular Member Share Posted April 27, 2015 WOOOT !!! Not to side track but I got a question for you Molly and platy ppl...?? Ready?? Can you mix guppies with a platy or a molly in the tank... I want to get a platy and put it with the guppies just one YES! They go together great 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member aquabubbles Posted April 27, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted April 27, 2015 WOOOT !!! Not to side track but I got a question for you Molly and platy ppl...?? Ready?? Can you mix guppies with a platy or a molly in the tank... I want to get a platy and put it with the guppies just one They do great together, but a word of warning: mollies and guppies will breed together! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin koko Posted April 27, 2015 Admin Share Posted April 27, 2015 WOOOT !!! Not to side track but I got a question for you Molly and platy ppl...?? Ready?? Can you mix guppies with a platy or a molly in the tank... I want to get a platy and put it with the guppies just one They do great together, but a word of warning: mollies and guppies will breed together! Say What?!? What do they make...Muppies No really they can mix? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member aquabubbles Posted April 27, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted April 27, 2015 WOOOT !!! Not to side track but I got a question for you Molly and platy ppl...?? Ready?? Can you mix guppies with a platy or a molly in the tank... I want to get a platy and put it with the guppies just one They do great together, but a word of warning: mollies and guppies will breed together! Say What?!? What do they make...Muppies No really they can mix? Yup, they're very closely related! It is the same for platy x swordtail. Here's a guppy molly cross: photo credit to yellowgirl on the tropicalfishkeeping.com forum Muppies or gollies? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Josie Posted April 27, 2015 Author Regular Member Share Posted April 27, 2015 WOOOT !!! Not to side track but I got a question for you Molly and platy ppl...?? Ready?? Can you mix guppies with a platy or a molly in the tank... I want to get a platy and put it with the guppies just one They do great together, but a word of warning: mollies and guppies will breed together! Say What?!? What do they make...Muppies No really they can mix? Yup, they're very closely related! It is the same for platy x swordtail. Here's a guppy molly cross: photo credit to yellowgirl on the tropicalfishkeeping.com forum Muppies or gollies? This is cool, good thing I don't have any guppies in my tank or who knows what kind of babies I would get LOL I chose to buy a molly since the lady at my LFS assured me that a molly could not breed with my platys You will notice I was careful and also bought only female platys...I guess all my careful planning to avoid having one million fry didn't really work out 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member aquabubbles Posted April 27, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted April 27, 2015 Most female livebearers bought at pet stores are already pregnant. My first guppy fry and my first platy fry were both from females that were already pregnant when I bought them! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin koko Posted April 27, 2015 Admin Share Posted April 27, 2015 Im off to see the LFS the wonderful LFS of fish..... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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