My Little Fry!

Sasha · Jul 10, 2004

I just thought I'd share some pics of my fry!

To start with, here's my 2 month old platy fry, Promise.

Sasha · Jul 10, 2004

This one jumped out of the net and was on the floor for a minute before I could fine her. When she made her escape, I first thought it was a little pebble that dropped . . . so I named her Pebbles.

Sasha · Jul 10, 2004

Here's my red swordtail fry, Amber. I rescued her from Petsmart for free, since I didn't want her to get eaten by the other fish!

Sasha · Jul 10, 2004

This is Peggy Sue, my 3 month old marigold swordtail.

Xavier · Jul 10, 2004

is pebbles a swordtail?

Sasha · Jul 10, 2004

Actually, I'm not sure what Pebbles is. She's either a platy or a swordtail/platy cross. I'll just have to wait until she older to find out!

Here's Peggy Sue's sister, Precious the 4 month old marigold swordtail. Notice how she's a lighter color than her sister and even her mom, Penny! When I found this single fry swimming around in the quarantine tank, my sister and I were joking around with the phrase, "My precious" from Lord of the Rings. That's how she got her name!

Sasha · Jul 10, 2004

Here's Susie, my 4 month old black molly. I don't know why she has that evil look in her eye, since usually her expression is sweet. :unsure:

Sasha · Jul 10, 2004

Now let's move on to some guppies!

Here's two, 4 month old males swimming together. :fish:

Sasha · Jul 10, 2004

Indigo (left) with a young female guppy.

Sasha · Jul 10, 2004

Here's another 4 month old snakeskin guppy. I love his tail pattern! :wub:

DevilsAdvocate · Jul 10, 2004

Cool fish...your platy fry looks real big for two months..what and how often do you feed them to get them that big so fast?

Sasha · Jul 10, 2004

Thanks! My platy fry were born 5/13/04, so that makes them about two months old. I kept them in a breeder net for a couple weeks and then moved them into my 29 gallon, where they had a lot more space to grow. When I found Pebbles (the orange fry) she was twice the size as Promise since she was in the main tank longer before I caught her. :thumbs:

I feed them crushed flakes and bloodworms for the first month of their life a couple times a day. Then, I switched to frozen brine shrimp and fed them every one or two days, like my adult fish. :fish:

DevilsAdvocate · Jul 10, 2004

thx...i feed my fry twice a day Flake in the morning and Frozen BBS at night...they've grown but they must be nearly two months old now and there not half as big as yours...they are just about bigger than my neons. :sad: