FRY

[Jimmy927]

I got fry last night about 20 baby platys came out they are so cute

im feeding them FIRST BITES and they are in a breeding trap is there eny thing else to do to stop them dying .


James

 

[Scales]

Nice one, my platy is also gonna have some little uns' soon . So any answers would help us both.

 

[Nauplii]

as long as they are not eaten and are not starved then they should be ok

 

[Nauplii]

well as well... even if you get a diease like ich or something, its houldnt get to them in the box

 

[Ava_Banana]

Congrats on your fry................makes you feel good doesn't it.......

We kept ours in the breeding trap for just over a week.

We fed them ground flake and liquifry food, and made sure the trap didn't get too messy (lifted it until nearly all the water had washed out (carefully so you don't strain the little guys through the holes) and then put it back in......just to give them some fresh.

Good Luck.

 

[Def]

Yep, ground flake worked for me after the first week, liquifry up to then. If you put in both liquifry and a little (I mean real, real tiny) bit of very finely crushed flake, you'll probably see them start to eat the flake when they want it. One thing, keep them in the net for a week or 2, but be careful - fry in a net definately grow slower than fry in the tank, and when you let them out of the net it takes them a little while to figure out they need to hide. I've found after about 3 weeks, the adult platys ignore them and don't think they're food. If you didn't use a breeder (ie: you caught the fry and put them in the net), you've probably missed some fry that are still hiding in the tank. They'll turn up in a week or 2. Don't forget to check your filter, a couple always get sucked in there. When I do water changes, I gently pour a little water through the breeding net if I'm using it, it seems to wash the junk through the bottom of the net. Oh, and put a mini plastic plant in the breeding net - they love hiding in it, and they get easily scared when the adults swim up to the net.

If you're interested, I posted some pics of 2 day, 2 week and 4 week old platy fry here somewhere...

 

[outofmybin21]

After 2/3 months they should be ok to go out into the wild world of your main tank

Apart from that you`re doing fine i used Liquifry for mines then fed them extremely well crushed up flake food 3 weeks later.

Good Luck man