Baby Fishies!

[shockshockshad]

This is my first time I have ever had babies! The female swordtail died in birth though. They are so small! I wasn't even expecting them! Should I feed them crushed flakes? Or type of fry food? The male is the only one left, so I WAS going to the LFS to get 3 females, but will they eat the fry? They have plenty of cover. So many bushy plants. I am just so excited! There are about 20.

 

[drewry]

iv allways fed mine crushed flake with no problems

 

[kribensis12]

For best results start a brine shrimp hatchery. The babies grow twice as fast. They take about 3 days to hatch. Congrats, bye the way. The will eat flake w/ no problems.

 

[shockshockshad]

I have been advised to get a breeder box. Is that good? Or should I put them in my spare 10 gallon?

 

[drewry]

10gallon will be best

 

[backtotropical]

10g will be better. Breeding trap is really for people who dont have a spare tank to use.

 

[ABNM]

Congrats on the babies!

And brine shrimp, crushed flakes, etc works.

 

[GuppyDude]

If you must use a breeder trap, get the largest one that'll fit in your tank, and make sure it's made of netting, not solid plastic.

 

[black molly3]

congrats. yeh 10 gal wil be better. for the first 2-3 days they will live of their yolk sack for feeding so i wouldnt put anything in. then feed them crushed flakes and baby brine shrimp. either works.
good luck.
BTW you will lose quite a few babies in the process of bringing them up thats why they have so many. this is perfectly natural.

 

[shockshockshad]

I really don't mind if I have some babies go. I don't even know what to do with them. Maybe give them to my LFS. (They are a good one)

 

[black molly3]

well what i do wth one or 2 of mine is feed them to my oscar as a litte treat they dont fill him up but its just a little treat and it helps imotate his natural habbitat
goodluk whatever you do with them.
how mny have you got

 

[backtotropical]

BTW you will lose quite a few babies in the process of bringing them up thats why they have so many. this is perfectly natural.

I'd be very interested to hear more on this, as i have mollies which breed and i raise every one successfully. Where did you get your info from? Seems completely wrong to me.

 

[shockshockshad]

I have 20-30. My LFS says they will take them. They also say that if you don't want the babies, let nature take its course- leave them for the other fish to eat. I got a breeding net, but I am having a LOT of troble catching the fry. I haven't even caught 1 in an hour.