Week and a half old fry with new fry

Platysrcool12345 · Apr 29, 2020

My platies has some fry about 9-10 days ago and then another one of my platys had fry about 5 days ago I asked if those could be kept with each other earlier this week but now I woke up to molly fry. Is 9 days a big size difference. Can I keep them together or will they get eaten? Thanks

Derekshatch · Apr 29, 2020

I have kept some together that were weeks apart but it just depends on how big the fry are. Can I see picture of size difference.

kribensis12 · Apr 29, 2020

In my experience Molly fry are larger than platy fry. To be honest, I've kept fry with 3 months of an age difference together. They typically don't bother each other - I would not be at all concerned.

FishGuest5123 · Apr 29, 2020

I agree. I’ve kept different ages together.

Platysrcool12345 · Apr 29, 2020

Derekshatch said:
I have kept some together that were weeks apart but it just depends on how big the fry are. Can I see picture of size difference.

Hope those pictures work. There are more platys but those are a few of them. There are about somewhere between 15-30 platy

Platysrcool12345 · Apr 29, 2020

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kribensis12 said:
In my experience Molly fry are larger than platy fry. To be honest, I've kept fry with 3 months of an age difference together. They typically don't bother each other - I would not be at all concerned.

Ok thanks

Platysrcool12345 · Apr 29, 2020

Platysrcool12345 said:
Hope those pictures work. There are more platys but those are a few of them. There are about somewhere between 15-30 platy

Also they are in different waters is it ok to acclimate the fry or do they not have a built up immune system yet

kribensis12 · Apr 29, 2020

I mean, if water parameters are the same then it should not be an issue. I would suspect you will be just fine. When is the last time you've tested your water? Might be worth doing before switching them over.

Salty&Onion · Apr 29, 2020

Deanasue said:
I agree. I’ve kept different ages together.

Same and had no problems. However older fry (2-3months or so) will chase new and fresh fry to try and eat them with no success.

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