Swordtail fry

[CaT209]

Woke up and found a tank full of swordtail fry... Looks like my kohaku swordtail unloaded a batch of fry overnight 35 is the best count I have gotten so far. Guarantee there's more hiding around somewhere..

Female kohaku swordtail and a male showa swordtail

 

[Sgooosh]

Woke up and found a tank full of swordtail fry... Looks like my kohaku swordtail unloaded a batch of fry overnight 35 is the best count I have gotten so far. Guarantee there's more hiding around somewhere..

Female kohaku swordtail and a male showa swordtail

AWW fry are very cute/

 

[Anonymous Fox]

THERE SO FRIKING CUTE AND TINY GIVE ME THEM NOW!!

 

[CaT209]

AWW fry are very cute/

Thanks, they should turn out nice if they survive.. a mix of both koi swordtails. I think there's could be a 1 in 4 chance of getting the mix I am looking for.. but I also have a neon/pineapple female swordtail that's about to give birth as well and those will be a interesting variety of fry.

My Corydoras seem to be ignoring the fry so far.. they have lots of places to hide out in, just a matter of getting them food since it would be too hard to net them out into a breeder box..

Let nature take it's course those that want to live will survive...

 

[CaT209]

THERE SO FRIKING CUTE AND TINY GIVE ME THEM NOW!!

They are cute.. probably more on the way since my other female swordtail is about to unload soon as well...

 

[emeraldking]

Congrats!

 

[CaT209]

Congrats!

Thanks... Started with 3 different swordtails in my Corydoras tank.. now have like 50 kohaku fry with more on the way from the neon/pineapple..

That happened fast.. lol ...

 

[redtailshark34]

Wow they really are beautiful

 

[Dajuyu]

Congrats in place ...
And keep us updated.

 

[CaT209]

So far everything is going well.. got some frozen baby brine for the fry to pig out on. Also have been mashing up some frozen krill to go with it since it will help with the color of all the fish in the tank as well as the fry...
They are all over the tank in little school's or 4 major groups one at the top of the tank and three others in different places along the bottom. all the other fish in the tank don't chase after them so they should have a high survivability rate if all goes well.. but I think I will need a grow out tank since there's just too many fish in this tank now ..
Best count for how many is 55 and up.. probably will be another batch in 30 days judging by how the make and female are reacting.. from what I can see a decent mix of both species. Kohaku and showa.. fingers crossed for a red eyed showa.

 

[Uberhoust]

Good luck with your fry, a tank full of swordtails would be beautiful to watch.

 

[CaT209]

About 1 week later my neon swordtail is birthing fry.. these ones are very hard to spot since they are so translucent right now.. have only spotted a few so far...

 

[CaT209]

About a month later.. only lost 2 fry out if over 70 between 2 fish ..

Not too shabby for a first time.. now I just need to find them new homes

 

[Sgooosh]

About a month later.. only lost 2 fry out if over 70 between 2 fish ..

Not too shabby for a first time.. now I just need to find them new homes

awesome, sorry for the loss

 

[DAnCSF]

Congrats on your brood, that's a great sign of success in keeping fish.