[Sharky1234]

Congratulations on the babies! I had fry a few times, but I never managed to save any

You can have more than one color in a litter, but that doesn't mean that it didn't come from two mamas! Unless you know exactly what colors your platy's (male's and female's) parents, grandparents, and so on, were you will probably get a mix of colors! Good luck with them!

 

[Sharky1234]

No problem! lol yeah, so you'll be surprised! I wanted to start a breeding project where I selectively breed gold twin-bars, and blue mickey mouse until every litter was gold mickey mouse, or blue twin-bar, but I never started it, and I'm not sure about it right now.

The few platy fry I found liked to hide in the Java fern's roots, and in the gravel that I had in the tank they were in. I didn't have anywhere to put them other than that tank though, so they always disappeared after a while...

They're so much fun to watch! I'd love to see a video of them Have fun with them!

 

[Sharky1234]

Well I would, but apparently my pH is too low for livebearers, so I'm going to hold off for a while. Eventually though. lol well only a few more months to go then! Maybe you'll get some girls that you really love and will want to keep with the babies.

I just found out today that all my platys have internal parasites :evil:

I definitely will take a look

 

[Sharky1234]

My tap water pH is 6.4, it used to be 7, but for what ever reason it's different now. My tank water pH has been a steady 6. That sounds like a good plan, and no males still? :-D lol they sure are!

I just noticed the symptoms. One of their stomachs is caved in, and they have white stringy poo. Plus they're not swimming around a lot. They are still eating though, so I going to try to feed them the food soaked in garlic, as I heard that helps. All my platys, and one of my guppies seem to have them, but none of my other fish, which is good.

 

[Sharky1234]

That's always how it works! Well you may end up wanted to breed them again after this batch, so maybe you'll be able to keep your favorite little GUY. :-D

Same, and if I have it at home and I don't have to go buy something I only use once from the pet store it's a plus! I accidentally knocked a fish food lid full of crushed garlic into the tank :shock: But all my fish (except the oblivious BNs) are eating, so that's good!