Platy fish gave birth! Last night while feeding the platy fishes I switched off the water pump. Noticed something small moving near a lava stone (size of a brick and with similar shape). To my surprise it was a platy fry! Only about 1/2 a cm, or 1/4 of an inch, this small thing was swimming among the much bigger platy fish that were 10 times its size. Obviously oblivious to the threat that it could be eaten up. Quickly filling a small bucket with water, my father and I scooped this small fry out. Saw a few more fries and scooped them out. Lifted a rock and discovered a few hiding underneath. Some others were hiding under the pump and aquarium lights... In all last night caught about 10 platy fries- probably the product of one of the fat pregnant platy fish that have been swimming around.
This morning however I noticed a few more and too and took them out.
Total number of platy fries: 15
Pictures/photographs of platy fries: (I apologize for the minority blur pictures due to the bad macro function on my Panasonic Lumix camera).
Picture of Platy fish gave birth - new fries[top view]:
Picture of another view of the platy fries swimming in the water (with a clear view of a platy fry on surface of water) [top view]:
Picture of yet another view of the platy fries in the container [top view]:
Picture of another top view on the fries, this time with original lighting without flashlight on:
Picture of 1 platy fry, zoomed in for detail:
Picture /Snapshot of platy fries (head on) with torchlight against them. They really are that small! [Side view].
Feeding the fish/what the feed platy fry:
I read on the internet that frozen brine shrimp is good for the platy fries, however I didn't want to go out and buy more food for the platies so what I did was, using the fatter end of a chopstick, grinded and pounded the food flakes meant for the adult platies. Gave a bit to the platy fries, and though they thought it was a foreign object, they later ate it. I remembered to change the water to prevent the water from becoming polluted which may result in the fries' death.
Taking care of platy fries:
I heard that the platy species is a very hardy species, and would survive even in drains, very much like guppies. I change the water of the platy fries twice a day, once after feeding and in the morning.
Hope this batch of platy fries will survive. :) (Heard that fry mortality rate is high)...
This morning however I noticed a few more and too and took them out.
Total number of platy fries: 15
Pictures/photographs of platy fries: (I apologize for the minority blur pictures due to the bad macro function on my Panasonic Lumix camera).
Picture of Platy fish gave birth - new fries[top view]:
Picture of another view of the platy fries swimming in the water (with a clear view of a platy fry on surface of water) [top view]:
Picture of yet another view of the platy fries in the container [top view]:
Picture of another top view on the fries, this time with original lighting without flashlight on:
Picture of 1 platy fry, zoomed in for detail:
Picture /Snapshot of platy fries (head on) with torchlight against them. They really are that small! [Side view].
Lastly, the last photograph/picture of the platy fries silhoutted against the bright torchlight.
Feeding the fish/what the feed platy fry:
I read on the internet that frozen brine shrimp is good for the platy fries, however I didn't want to go out and buy more food for the platies so what I did was, using the fatter end of a chopstick, grinded and pounded the food flakes meant for the adult platies. Gave a bit to the platy fries, and though they thought it was a foreign object, they later ate it. I remembered to change the water to prevent the water from becoming polluted which may result in the fries' death.
Taking care of platy fries:
I heard that the platy species is a very hardy species, and would survive even in drains, very much like guppies. I change the water of the platy fries twice a day, once after feeding and in the morning.
Hope this batch of platy fries will survive. :) (Heard that fry mortality rate is high)...
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