my fry

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fgump

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My first fry, so I just thought I'd share!

I posted last week what I was thinking of getting.

So yesterday I got 3 cories and 4 mollies. I'll get the rest in about a week, as long as I don't get a mini spike. If I do get a mini spike, I'll wait until the mini cycle has finished before adding anymore. The tank is cycled, but I don't want to overload it all at once.

So anyway, I've had the fish less than 24 hours. When I woke up this morning, one of the mollies was hiding in the corner behind one of my fake plants. When I went to tap on the glass where it was to get it out of the corner, what did I see? I BIG surprise! There was a little tiny black thing hiding in the plant. At first I thought there were only a couple, I only counted 4. But after I started catching them to put in their fry net, I ended up with a lot more than 4. There are 12 that I know of. But some of them where hiding and hard to find. So who knows if there are more.

My surprise


What I've caught so far. The pic looks a little blury, because it was taken from the top of the tank and the filter causes some good rippling.


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Astramorgaine

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Awesome! I just love fry, I get so excited when I find them in my own tanks... Congrats!!
 

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Cool!
 

fgump

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The count is up to 14 now, yikes!

How many fry can a molly/livebarer have at one time? It is possible more than one molly was pregnant. I have no idea how to tell the difference between male and female.
 

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I dont know, but definate "at least" would be 2 dozen.

I guess guppies can have 100, and although Balloon Mollies only have 10-60 (maybe guidlines for black mollys too?), they start out life at 1/2 an inch long!!
 

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Yeah... 10 to 60 from what I read too. And about once every month! Even without a male as the female can save sperm.

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