Will they get eaten?

foxgirl158 said:

Hello!

I have one adult and one juvenile platy in a 30g tank. For a while now, I’ve kept three smaller platy fry in a separate 10g. I’m needing the 10g for other things, so I wanted to move them into the 30g. However, I’m concerned that the two blue ones are still small enough to get eaten. Thoughts?

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foxgirl158 said:

I do not believe that this particular adult ate any of her babies. However, I’m wondering if the two blue ones are still small enough to get eaten. I don’t want to take any chances lol

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Rocky998 said:

Makes sense. You can move them to a separate fry tank if possible!

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foxgirl158 said:

They are currently in a separate breeder box inside the 30 gallon. Unfortunately I do not have another tank available as I need the 10 gallon they were previously in. They were not growing as well as they should have in the 10 gallon and when I put a previous batch of fry in the 30 gallon they all grew very well, and died from other reasons than the adult eating them. I wanted to make sure they had enough room to thrive but I don't want them getting eaten

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Rocky998 said:

Ok. So they should be fine if they are in a breeder box... Just make sure you remove them when they are big enough. No need to over crowd a small area.

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Rocky998 said:

If the ones in the pictures are actually the sizes I'm seeing it doesn't look like she could eat them... The "fry" look over half the size of the adult so I would think that they would be ok... Unless the adult has a huge mouth for her size lol

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foxgirl158 said:

The picture is zoomed in a lot, I can see if I can get a less zoomed one. Thank you for your advice, I really do appreciate it!!

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Rocky998 said:

Yes try to get a more "size accurate" picture if that makes sense... Maybe try to get an approximate measurement of the adult and the fry as well if possible.

No problem! Glad I could help a bit

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foxgirl158 said:

How's this? The two blue fry are towards the top left and right above the red one.

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Rocky998 said:

Ah I see em...
I might let them grow a teensy bit larger but their almost at a good size

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foxgirl158 said:

Ok, thank you!! The adults mouth isn't that big either. However, the blue fry are almost 7 months old, so I'm not sure how much bigger they'll grow unless they're in a bigger tank. My old fry didn't grow very big until they had room to.

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connorlindeman said:

IMO you can add them in. It will be better than being in a breeder box.

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