baby platies!

09-12-2006, 08:40 PM

hi i need help here urgently!! i just purchased 2 platies from the local LFS today and when i got home i realised that there are baby fries in the bag!! one of the platies just gave birth when im on my way home!
unfortunately not all survived... 9 died and im left with 8 baby play fries

so my doubts are..

how do i rear those baby fries??
and what neccesary equipments are required?

not sure if correct but here's what i did.

i filled a tank with all the water from the bag, den i added new water conditioned with PRIME. den i add ocean-free black water.
currently the filter used is just a bio-mechanical filter.

how do i ensure that the baby fries grow up into healthy fish?

10-12-2006, 01:46 PM

any help? ?

new_ · 10-12-2006, 01:53 PM

u need to house the babies sepertely from the parents... all live bearers will eat their babies after they r born... as for feeding of fries u can try bbs or powdered food for baby fishes..

10-12-2006, 03:30 PM

ahha it's quite easy to rear platies....i'll put my personal observations in simple terms so pls forgive my lousy english...

find a boy, put into a separate tank with 3 girls. make sure the 3 girls stomach is big, but not due to eating. to differentiate boy from girl, see the fin near the anal. if it's usually open, it's zha boh. when they acclimatise to the environment the boy sure whack the girls like siao. wait another few more days u should see baby platies.

for me i didnt remove the parents coz in planted tank. then i realise the parents destroying my decor so i remove. the babies survived eating leaves as i nv fed them anything at all. now still about 1.5cm only...

hmm more info here.

10-12-2006, 03:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ah_hup

hi i need help here urgently!! i just purchased 2 platies from the local LFS today and when i got home i realised that there are baby fries in the bag!! one of the platies just gave birth when im on my way home!
unfortunately not all survived... 9 died and im left with 8 baby play fries

so my doubts are..

how do i rear those baby fries??
and what neccesary equipments are required?

not sure if correct but here's what i did.

i filled a tank with all the water from the bag, den i added new water conditioned with PRIME. den i add ocean-free black water.
currently the filter used is just a bio-mechanical filter.

how do i ensure that the baby fries grow up into healthy fish?

You should not have added blackwater. Platies, like most livebearers, live in hard, alkaline and/or brackish water in the wild. Keeping them in acidic water is detrimental to their health.

bsplenden · 10-12-2006, 03:34 PM

For these chaps, house them seperately and you can just crush flakes or pellets into powder and throw it in for them. They will know how to eat them.

That will save you some trouble. These fishes just breed like crazy. So in the main tank where the adult platies are, just place some plants in. In case they give birth again and you don't know about it, the frys will have some cover.

10-12-2006, 07:00 PM

steady la,this post helps... because i just found 60(estimated)babies on my aquariam now all very shag.. 3 hours old but alive and kickin'

11-12-2006, 10:38 AM

Baby platies also found in my community tank, but mostly eaten by Zebra Danios that out swim them.

14-12-2006, 01:39 PM

Hahaha back to update my baby platies

hey bros upload and share picture of your baby platies?

15-12-2006, 11:19 PM

I only have 5 they are still small but hardy.
will wait for at least 4 months for them to grow into adults.

09-12-2006, 08:40 PM	#1
ah_hup Guest Posts: n/a	baby platies! hi i need help here urgently!! i just purchased 2 platies from the local LFS today and when i got home i realised that there are baby fries in the bag!! one of the platies just gave birth when im on my way home! unfortunately not all survived... 9 died and im left with 8 baby play fries so my doubts are.. how do i rear those baby fries?? and what neccesary equipments are required? not sure if correct but here's what i did. i filled a tank with all the water from the bag, den i added new water conditioned with PRIME. den i add ocean-free black water. currently the filter used is just a bio-mechanical filter. how do i ensure that the baby fries grow up into healthy fish? Last edited by ah_hup; 09-12-2006 at 08:45 PM.

14-12-2006, 01:39 PM	#9
MrPaiKua Guest Posts: n/a	Hahaha back to update my baby platies hey bros upload and share picture of your baby platies? Last edited by MrPaiKua; 05-03-2007 at 02:02 AM.

10-12-2006, 01:53 PM	#3
new_ Dragon Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,311	u need to house the babies sepertely from the parents... all live bearers will eat their babies after they r born... as for feeding of fries u can try bbs or powdered food for baby fishes..

10-12-2006, 03:30 PM	#4
gymnotiform Guest Posts: n/a	ahha it's quite easy to rear platies....i'll put my personal observations in simple terms so pls forgive my lousy english... find a boy, put into a separate tank with 3 girls. make sure the 3 girls stomach is big, but not due to eating. to differentiate boy from girl, see the fin near the anal. if it's usually open, it's zha boh. when they acclimatise to the environment the boy sure whack the girls like siao. wait another few more days u should see baby platies. for me i didnt remove the parents coz in planted tank. then i realise the parents destroying my decor so i remove. the babies survived eating leaves as i nv fed them anything at all. now still about 1.5cm only... hmm more info here.

10-12-2006, 03:34 PM	#6
bsplenden Senior Dragon Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 3,362	For these chaps, house them seperately and you can just crush flakes or pellets into powder and throw it in for them. They will know how to eat them. That will save you some trouble. These fishes just breed like crazy. So in the main tank where the adult platies are, just place some plants in. In case they give birth again and you don't know about it, the frys will have some cover.

10-12-2006, 07:00 PM	#7
MrPaiKua Guest Posts: n/a	steady la,this post helps... because i just found 60(estimated)babies on my aquariam now all very shag.. 3 hours old but alive and kickin'

11-12-2006, 10:38 AM	#8
kencfk Guest Posts: n/a	Baby platies also found in my community tank, but mostly eaten by Zebra Danios that out swim them.

15-12-2006, 11:19 PM	#10
kencfk Guest Posts: n/a	I only have 5 they are still small but hardy. will wait for at least 4 months for them to grow into adults.

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