Miracle Platie

[luque]

About four weeks ago i transferred all of my fish from my old tank to my new. in them was a female platy. i kept the water in the tank with the filter on, just incase (hospitol tank), today my friend asked me whether he could buy the tank, so i switched on the light to show him around the tank, and to my surprise past went a baby platie, i searched for ages to find another but he/she seemed to be the only one, anyway i have set it back up again cleaned it, and fed it. A few hours later and all seems fine, with my liitle platie .

if any one could give suggestions on what to do for the best of the fish, please say.

thanks

luke

 

[shelaghfishface]

tell your mate he cant have it yet(( tho if you have a planted tank he may survive in there will the adults)),make sure if you have a filter in there make sure its not strong enuff to suck him up,feed the little guy crushed up flakes,2-4 times a day
platys are so hardy, i currently have a tank with over 50 fry in and expecting more any day ((( i love them too bits)))


whatever you decide to do with him i wish you all the best

 

[luque]

he's all on his own in a 30litre tank

i have 5 females in my 65l so soon more to come

thanks for the help

 

[shelaghfishface]

well if the others arrive in about 2-3 weeks, he will

have so much company he wont know what to do with himself

you should keep the tank as a fry tank

 

[luque]

i am going to
cant wait

 

[OldMan47]

If your miracle baby is 4 weeks old, he's probably big enough to live with the adults. I'm guessing he's almost 2 cm long by now.

 

[luque]

im very new to babies because he is probably alot younger then because hes about 1cm long tops

how old would this make him?

 

[OldMan47]

Sounds like only 2 or 3 weeks. He will likely not survive with the adult platies. Another week or 2 will do it. He may just be small because he was not fed a rich diet the first few weeks. My only experience is with well fed platy fry.

 

[kribensis12]

Feed him w/ BBS( Baby Brine Shrimp) and he will grow like a weed! I have 1 week old Green Sailfin's that are almost bigger than my 2 month old Black Molly as they are being fed BBS.

 

[luque]

ok, what about bloodworm?? as i have that on hand?

 

[kribensis12]

Blood Womr is okay. But BBS is the Ultimate fry food, as it is easy for them to eat, becasue it's so small. You will have to cut/crunch up the blood worm though.

 

[shelaghfishface]

mine are about 1cm if that and they are 3 weeks ( the eldest), dont put him in the big tank yet,if your keeping the tank anyway its not a problem.
thanx Kribensis about the BBS food as i had no idea,mine are doing fine on cushed flakes, but the best start is always a bonus


iuque---- keep us updated on the other fry,and try to get a pic of the lone ranger id love to see him

take care
shelagh xxxxxx

 

[luque]

mine are about 1cm if that and they are 3 weeks ( the eldest), dont put him in the big tank yet,if your keeping the tank anyway its not a problem.
thanx Kribensis about the BBS food as i had no idea,mine are doing fine on cushed flakes, but the best start is always a bonus


iuque---- keep us updated on the other fry,and try to get a pic of the lone ranger id love to see him

take care
shelagh xxxxxx

i only have the one single fry
thats the real problem because s/he doesnt seem to eat, owell ill keep you updated, thanks everyone