Funny Thing Happened The Other Day...

[comocrayfish5]

hmm yeah there are a lot but a lot are dying off so the others will grow.

That's the saddest part for me with fry...
I only saved 5 lazy fry who landed and sat on the sand. I used a net to fish them out.
1 of them had a bent tail, I gave him 1 day to get it straightened, but he just kept spinning in circles on the floor of the box so I had to give him up to the adults
Then 2 fry died, one within the 1st week and the 2nd near the 2 week mark. Both showing signs of bloating, the albino seemed to have had his belly popped too... there was a red line on it.

Now I'm left with 2 fry. They're 3 weeks old so far. What annoys me is that one of them started to look pretty much like his dad, losing a lot of the red coloring he started off with. -.-
And the other looks like his mom but with black eyes. Lol.

i know how you feel. i had a creamsicle molly that had fry when i was at school and i save 5, one lived then just recently died. when i looked in the filter that day they dropped there were just a bunch (5 or so) of fry heads and tails because i forgot to put netting on the intake and she didnt look like she was ready to drop there was one live one in there too

 

[FishBlast]

i know how you feel. i had a creamsicle molly that had fry when i was at school and i save 5, one lived then just recently died. when i looked in the filter that day they dropped there were just a bunch (5 or so) of fry heads and tails because i forgot to put netting on the intake and she didnt look like she was ready to drop there was one live one in there too

Poor little guys...
My filter is internal, but all the fry that survived somehow in the main tank for a short while would just hide behind it with no problem.
I have no idea how they disappeared though but I found the plant spread all over. Obviously the adults took advantage of this and ate the whole fry bunch that was still in main tank.
That's why I am trying to keep these 2 alive. I so wish mom would let me get my 23L back, but even so I don't have a 2nd filter and I cannot change 10L daily anymore. -.-

 

[Joshwainwright]

Oh right, I've finally noticed it after staring for about 5 minutes

I would never have spotted it in the tank... or which fish it was to take a photo

 

[comocrayfish5]

Oh right, I've finally noticed it after staring for about 5 minutes

I would never have spotted it in the tank... or which fish it was to take a photo

well then i guess youre lucky that i cropped the pic or else you would never find the no fish!

 

[Joshwainwright]

Ahahh, it's obvious now I look at it again