xxSarahxx
Fishaholic
Hey all, (for those that know me.... sorry that I haven't been online in ages I've had some health issues and then I went away to the Falkland Islands for a few months! ANYWAY!!!)
Right, I have a pair of flying foxes in isolation and I was just about to separate them into the tanks they are due to live in permanently (in different tanks!) and I noticed four fry!!! At first I thought they were guppy fry (I am a professional guppy breeder now as I may have succeeded in breeding a new colour strain but more of that on another post!) but looking at them they have an extra pair of fins, are more torpedo shaped and different in colour to guppy fry. As well as this the tank that they are in only have male guppies in!! /having researched on the internet I dicovered that it is thought to be impossible to breed flying foxes in captivity! So I am sort of stuck! The fry can not have hitched a ride as the Flying foxes were brought for me (don't ask!) whilst I was away so have been living in the tank for a few months now!
Do you think it is possible that I might have succeeded in breeding them?!? I am really doubting it as they have basically just been chucked into the tank until I returned, so I wasn't even trying to breed them! I can't find any decent information on sexing them either to know if I have a male and a female in that particular tank! Although I would say they are slightly different in colour and one seems fatter than the other, although that could just be greed!!
In case you need to know I have 32 tanks but only have guppies that I have bred and then 'cleaning fish' such as cories, otos, ancistrus and shrimp, oh and the flying foxes!!
Sorry if this should have been in the C, C and A section!!
Thanks in advance for any advice and/or information you can give me!
I will try and get some pictures soon!
Right, I have a pair of flying foxes in isolation and I was just about to separate them into the tanks they are due to live in permanently (in different tanks!) and I noticed four fry!!! At first I thought they were guppy fry (I am a professional guppy breeder now as I may have succeeded in breeding a new colour strain but more of that on another post!) but looking at them they have an extra pair of fins, are more torpedo shaped and different in colour to guppy fry. As well as this the tank that they are in only have male guppies in!! /having researched on the internet I dicovered that it is thought to be impossible to breed flying foxes in captivity! So I am sort of stuck! The fry can not have hitched a ride as the Flying foxes were brought for me (don't ask!) whilst I was away so have been living in the tank for a few months now!
Do you think it is possible that I might have succeeded in breeding them?!? I am really doubting it as they have basically just been chucked into the tank until I returned, so I wasn't even trying to breed them! I can't find any decent information on sexing them either to know if I have a male and a female in that particular tank! Although I would say they are slightly different in colour and one seems fatter than the other, although that could just be greed!!
In case you need to know I have 32 tanks but only have guppies that I have bred and then 'cleaning fish' such as cories, otos, ancistrus and shrimp, oh and the flying foxes!!
Sorry if this should have been in the C, C and A section!!
Thanks in advance for any advice and/or information you can give me!
I will try and get some pictures soon!
