Pregnant Platy' Help!

[sami the cichlid]

lol thats wht my puffer was doin

 

[shi24137]

yea. i had 2 tetra fish. serpae i believe and they killed one of my platies! so i took them back.

 

[OldMan47]

I have kept guppies and know how much they go for things like blood worms Shi, but the best thing you could give them, for their health, would be a food high in vegetable protein like one made with spirulina. Many of the livebearers act like they really like once live food but it is like feeding candy to children. They will gobble it up but it is not a very good diet for them.

 

[sami the cichlid]

my molly's giving birth!

 

[shi24137]

congrats! that is awesome! let me know how many she has!

 

[sami the cichlid]

she tiny and slim now but still goin! bout 20+ so far, large fry just under a cm!

 

[OldMan47]

Congratulations on the drop. It sounds like you are getting well matured fry Sami. Molly fry are much bigger than guppies or platies and look like miniature versions of the adult fish. Some of the other common livebearers have fry that look like just a couple of eyes and a tail.

 

[shi24137]

thats awesome! my baby guppies looked more like teeny tiny tadpoles. theyre sooo cute though! the first batch is a bit bigger than the 2nd(theyre 2wks apart). youre going to love watching them grow! im waiting on my platy to drop some fry. hopefully soon. shes about to pop! do you know what youre going to do with the fry when they get older?

 

[sami the cichlid]

Aww thanks!

If they live (hence my last few days :'( ) ill find friends, my school and my fish store willl probs take them for like 5p each!
i really hope they all live this time
There r bout 30 mabey more from a molly who was an inch or less long! no stillbirths (on the floor) and 4 infertile eggs (which she found tasty)
Good luck with the platy

 

[shi24137]

thanks! shes a little more social this morning but that could change by the end of the day. its amazing how many babies can come out of one tiny fish! my guppy female is doing better this morning too. maybe she just gulped some air while eating? i dont know. im just glad my babies are doing well this morning! lets pray that it stays that way! good luck with the fry! keep me updated!

 

[sami the cichlid]

all good 2day, they are egar to eat as they where picking at the bottom, still need to learn food is at the top! how ur platy?

 

[shi24137]

she is being more sociable today. right now she is picking at the bottom of the tank and kinda chilling down there. i hope she will be ok. it doesnt look like she is crashing. more like sitting?

 

[sami the cichlid]

she still prego? sounds like shes gettin ready

 

[shi24137]

no. i went to the store and when i got back she was gone...R.I.P. i feel bad. i tried to save her but you cant exactly force a fish to eat...i just hope my other fish dont start dying on me too...they all seem fine and in a mating frenzy!

 

[sami the cichlid]

im SO sorry, i hope it was just natural. i once had a swordtail female who stopped eating, hide behind the filter and eventually died, none of my other swordtails (and whatever i had then) died for the sme reason. hoefully urs wil be the same.

i want to give u some fry now!

good luck with ur other fish