I'm a granny!!

My Platy dumped her babies just now.. out of 4, I netted one survivor.. in a holding tank...

Woo Congratulations, Have the other 3 survived and are hard to find or did 3 die?
Good luck with the one you have at the moment I am always fascinated by fry.

Glad you managed to net one, hopefully it'll do okay in the holding tank.

I know for a fact 2 got ate by dad when it headed for the bottom.. I may or may not find more survivors.. she been having these one at a time all week.. she finally got skinny this evening..

aww that's a shame , hope you are able to find more survivors.

The next delivery will take place in. The holding tank..

Good luck for the next time, Is this the first fry for yourself? or has there been more?

This is the first time I saw babies. The other female delivered 2 weeks ago, but nothing made it. Pappa followed her every move. This female had hers in the grass cover at the tank surface, but when the fry dove for the bottom, they got intercepted.

Congratulations granny

I took a gander in the big tank last night, and spotted another baby fish survivor from Saturdays delivery. I hooked up grass shelter, philodendron plant, and baby fish in a plastic container. I netted the baby, shook the grass, and put the assembly back in the tank. Looked in again an hour later, and another baby was in the grass shelter.. I once again hooked up the assembly, and put it all in the nursery tank. I took the Bamboo from the nursery tank, and placed it in the big tank.. I now have 3 known baby fish in the nursery, doing very well, and eating 3 meals a day.

Yay

The next delivery I plan to save.. she will deliver in the nursery... that last one was a wild ride!!!!!

Baby fish are very very good at hiding trust me lol

If they outwitted 18 fish, and 4 ghost shrimp for 3 days, and I was not feeding finely crushed flakes.. they are pretty strong willed individuals.

I wish my fry would survive in our tanks, we can't put in plants though as the fish love to tear them a part in minutes.

Good luck with the next fry i hope all goes to plan.

I bought a grass mat.. used for lizard terrariums.. it wouldn't stay on the floor of the tank, so I floated it upside down at the surface. I put philodendron cuttings in the matt, and allowed them to root, and twine through the matt, and the leaves grow out of the tank at the top. Babies can hide in the matt, and larger fish have difficulty penetrating the dense area.

That sounds like a great idea I'm glad it's working for you.

That is a brilliant idea grass matt upside down

I have only seen 2 all morning, and so far this evening, one came out for dinner..