I Have Babies

[TodaysFishIsTroutALaCreme]

I know platy babies are 10 a penny, but I am a first time fishy mummy and am ridiculously pleased!

However, this little Houdini approximately 5 seconds after this photo was taken swam straight out of the trap. We now have a breeding net around the trap and after 11 flipping hours a short while managed to catch the rest of them and we now have 25.

I can't stop staring at them

And here are some of the others.

I still get excited when I find babies ( even though my tank is over run with them ).

Cute cute cute!

Sweet, congratulations :D

we have baby platies. 2 mid sized babies and now we've discovered that there may be 3 more tiny ones. Our tank is not set up for babies so they've just had to cope and beyond our expectations some of them have obviously survived.

But the tank isnb't very big, and we can't cope with many more. What do people do with an excess of babies?

Well, we have even more now. One of our tri colours gave birth to 27 today. The first lot are growing rapidly and should be able to go in the main tank in another few weeks or so (with some tights over the filter inlet) and they look super cute with their tiny little dorsal fins showing now. And I have a sneaking suspicion that one of my sunsets will be due soon too.

As for what to with them all derek after offering friends 1st dibs, the shop where we got them from in the first place will take them off our hands. I doubt we will get a swap in exchange for them, but I am not really bothered. Am just having too much fun.

I have more guppie, endler and pleco fry this week, I wish I could find homes for some ( or I wish I had room for more tanks ).

those pictures are making me sooo broody! our platys had three batches last spring, but nothing since. in a way I am releived as we don't have the tank space, but those pictures are so cute. Hopefully they will get in the mood for romance soon!