Woke up this morning

[Rocky06fx4]

Found a baby hiding in the rocks from the fish, managed to get him into the breeder tank. Looked all over but couldnt find any other babys. Should I of seen alot of babys or is finding one lucky survivor common? If not I'm gonna name him Lucky :19:

[rollie]

mollys can have anywhere from i to 200 babys at the times.

i had have platys to have up to 100 at the time.

they loves to eat their youngs. lol

lol, good things human not that way. lol

[troy]

Yeah finding only one or a couple is common.

[Rocky06fx4]

Yeah finding only one or a couple is common.

Thanks, this is the second time recently this has happened. I'm just happy I could save it this time.

[RobbieG]

Congratulations - you're a poppa!

[Rocky06fx4]

Found two more this morning, totaling 4 Molly babies and 1 Neon Tetra baby

[troy]

You found a neon tetra fry. It seems unlikely that the other fish didn't eat the egg.

[RobbieG]

Found two more this morning, totaling 4 Molly babies and 1 Neon Tetra baby

I had a baby Neon about 6 months ago - talk about a fish named lucky he was born in a community tank with Loaches, Sharks, Cories, Neons, Mixed Tetras, and an African Butterfly Fish - not only that but I never even noticed him till he was about 1/4 inch long so he never got any special food or anything!

[Drumachine09]

I had a baby Neon about 6 months ago - talk about a fish named lucky he was born in a community tank with Loaches, Sharks, Cories, Neons, Mixed Tetras, and an African Butterfly Fish - not only that but I never even noticed him till he was about 1/4 inch long so he never got any special food or anything!


Thats my philospophy with my guppy fry. If they make it in the main tank, cool. More food for my severum. If they dont make it, ill wait a week and get some more.

[Rocky06fx4]

You found a neon tetra fry. It seems unlikely that the other fish didn't eat the egg.

At the Petsmart here in Vegas they have a deal 5 Neons for 5 bucks. There was a baby floating in the bag when I bought them, guess I got 6 for 5 bucks :19:

[crackatinny]

Firstly, on reading your thread title, let me say, I am so so glad you woke up this morning:19: .

You are really on a roll with the fry, excellent.

I have read that mollies (and other livebearers) can continue to have batches of fry for some time after breeding, they somehow store the sperm, maybe some more knowlagable members can shed more light on this if it is true?

[TehTANK]

This same thing happend to me about a week or so ago! It is so awesome. Mine are Mouth breeders though. It was pretty cool to find the little guy. Just one though. I think I have another female pregnant though so he/she could have a lot of brothers and sisters if I can put her in a breeder tank at the right time.....

Congrats!!!!