My fish have had babies, didnt know it was gonna happen. Cant remember the name of the fish but they are red with black tails, the male has a pointy tail. They had the babies about 48 hours ago, some have been eaten but not all. Have about 20 of them left. Not fussed if they are eaten or not, so i didnt buy segregation box for them. Just wondered how long til they grow for them not to be eaten.
2006-10-08 23:19:10 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
Sounds like a type of platy to me, possibly a high fin red wag tail platy (we used to have some)? Many of them get eaten but chances are if they have survived this long then all of them are going to make it. They tend to hide in the plants, aren't they really cute though? The problem is they will grow and then they start having babies too! This is what is happening with our Marigold Platys. Keep an eye on how many there are and how that affects the total no. of fish in your tank. You my need to ask your local aquatics centre for advice on what to do when you have too many!
2006-10-08 23:29:51 · answer #1 · answered by ehc11 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends entirely on the size of the fry in the tank and the size and temperament of the parents and other tankmates.
It sounds like these fish are livebearers like either guppies or mollies, or maybe swordtails.
When the females give birth to the live fry, the young will be free swimming but extremely vulnerable. Both parents will readily eat their own fry in most cases if not separated from the young, as will most other tankmates. To protect fry they should be separated from the rest of the fish in the tank where possible into a nursery tank. If you have larger tankmates like bigger tetras, oscars, angelfish etc, they will eat young fish and predate on smaller peaceful adult fish.
If kept with smaller fish like neon tetras etc, the fry should be ok to introduce into the main tank after a few days being fed on the proprietary fry foods available in shops.
2006-10-10 08:43:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My husband bought home 3 new fish about 6 weeks ago. Two days later one of them had 6 baby fish (6 lived anyway). We bought a "nursery" that fits inside the tank, it only cost about £6 and they are still separated now. I would say that common snese says to keep them apart until the small fish are fast enough and clever enough to be able to get away from the bigger ones. I'm gonna give it another few weeks. Please separate them though, if you don't want them yourself, take them to the pet shop and they will sell them on. Seems cruel to let them get eaten!
2006-10-08 23:31:34 · answer #3 · answered by nooka 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
extremely, i understand it sounds cruel, yet on the grounds which you purely have the ten gallon tank, i could in simple terms permit nature take it is direction with them. those that are good at hiding interior the flora and decorations will proceed to exist. in any different case, you would be at as quickly as overrun with them and your tank would be overstocked, and a ten gallon will not carry too many fish. those fry/toddlers will interbreed with one yet another and the different fish on your tank, and interior a quick time, you have a lot of them.... in case you prefer to maintain the fry, and doubtless sell them lower back to a mom and pa variety of puppy save, or get a separate tank going, then the superb element you're able to do is get yet another 10 gallon tank with a clear out, and doubtless a heater as properly in the adventure that your house is cooler then the low to mid 70°F selection. That tank would not prefer something particular, purely a bare backside, and something to cover the clear out intake tube so the fry don't get sucked in. i does not propose those breeder nets that carry close interior the main substantial tank. Fry poop lots, and those little nets are confusing to bathe. Plus, they actually do not enable terrific water flow by using them. Separate tank is a thank you to bypass in case you prefer to maintain them.
2016-11-27 02:12:18 · answer #4 · answered by kirtiman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ABout 1-2 months they will be fine
2006-10-12 13:56:10 · answer #5 · answered by Chris 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are big enough when they won't fit in the other fish's mouths.
2006-10-10 03:09:04 · answer #6 · answered by punkpanther 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the size of the bigger fish....
2006-10-08 23:24:02 · answer #7 · answered by pixie 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
depends what type of fish your talking about!
2006-10-08 23:29:31 · answer #8 · answered by MacMan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
about three months
2006-10-11 05:13:47 · answer #9 · answered by gillian l 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋