OMG!!! Whose babies r these?! What do I feed them?!!

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OMg omg omg!!! I saw babies!!! I didn't even know there were eggs in the tank!

I don't know whose babies they are!

I know the last otos are boy and girl, but she's still big with eggs, haven't noticed her getting any smaller anytime in the last few months...

The cory's maybe?? I didn't think the second one I got some weeks ago (?) was old enough to sex yet, much less make babies?!
But they did look like they were courting a while ago....
How long do they take to hatch??!

The khulies? They've been out of this tank for nearly a month... if the babies were theirs they either hatch and grow really fast or the eggs were on the plants befor I took them out??


The babies are mostly clear with dark spots (I think I can see through their bodies) and about 1/4" long already. I don't see anything that looks like an egg sac on them. They seem to be sticking (so to speak, not literally) to the bottom of the tank area.

I'm kinda leaning towards their being corys most likely... or otos... but not sure.
They were too small and clear for the camera to focus on.

What and how should I feed them??

When I saw them last night I was already putting some egg yolks (boiled mixed with a little water) in for the platy fry I have left so I added a little more (the older cories loved it!). I wanted to make sure they got something, and I don't know what they would eat so I broke part of an algae wafer into tiny pieces and tossed it in different places I'd seen the babies, and a few small pieces of catfish wafer and a little bit of flakes. That way I figured with a little bit of mostly everything they might find something they could eat (if they don't get eaten first!).
Was that good?
Should I just feed the other fish per normal and hope the babies get to eat?

I'm not sure what to do???

(other than extra water changes!)

Help! Thanks!
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Most fish will see these fry as food. If you wish to raise them, another temporary home is a good idea until they are bigger.
As for food Hikari maakes a very good fry food called First Bites. Also, frozen baby brine shrimp is a good food.
 
I don't think I can catch them..
 
I agree. If they survive feed them crushed up flake and they'll love you for it. I bred livebearers and African cichlids once upon a time and that's the route I went.
 
Something I've learned in my time with breeding mollies is this: The fry find a way. No matter how much you try to kill them, curse at them, or even put them drop-n-plop into saltwater, they will not die. Out of the 20 or so my mollies popped out a few months ago, I have 6 left. And that's not counting the few much tinier ones that popped out more recently. So long as they have plenty of hiding places they *should* do fine in your tank on their own. Try to feed some super-crushed food if you want, but I found that mine take care of themselves, I don't make special meals and they do fine. Good luck with yours!
 
Fishfriend1 said:
Something I've learned in my time with breeding mollies is this: The fry find a way. No matter how much you try to kill them, curse at them, or even put them drop-n-plop into saltwater, they will not die. Out of the 20 or so my mollies popped out a few months ago, I have 6 left. And that's not counting the few much tinier ones that popped out more recently. So long as they have plenty of hiding places they *should* do fine in your tank on their own. Try to feed some super-crushed food if you want, but I found that mine take care of themselves, I don't make special meals and they do fine. Good luck with yours!
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Really? 6 out of 20 is 30% yield...I think you'd get a failing grade in my breeders course!
Live bearers can be prolific and we can of course let nature take it's course. However, if we wish to raise the fry, measures should be taken to protect them until they're large enough not to be in between meal snacks. This protection may or may not be necessary if it is a heavily planted tank.
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footnote: I'm only recently back in the hobby but in the 70's and 80's I bred hundreds of live bearers - mostly Mollies, Swordtails and Platy's.
 
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AbbeysDad said:
Really? 6 out of 20 is 30% yield...I think you'd get a failing grade in my breeders course!
Live bearers can be prolific and we can of course let nature take it's course. However, if we wish to raise the fry, measures should be taken to protect them until they're large enough not to be in between meal snacks. This protection may or may not be necessary if it is a heavily planted tank.
[end soapbox]
footnote: I'm only recently back in the hobby but in the 70's and 80's I bred hundreds of live bearers - mostly Mollies, Swordtails and Platy's.
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30% when I wanted 0% is a failing grade for me too. Way to many fry for my liking :)
 
Fishfriend1 said:
30% when I wanted 0% is a failing grade for me too. Way to many fry for my liking :)
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Net...plastic bag...freezer euthanasia....trash

Perhaps I misunderstood the poster - I thought since the original poster asked about food, they were looking to raise the fry.
 
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