Fish: Re: [tropical fish club] Leaping Lizards my Platy babies are growing fast.

Hi Beverly
Thanks for the warning about loosing a fish or two. I have been keeping an eye
out for disease etc. So far so good. Some of the fish are smaller and appear to
be the runts of the litter so to speak. The lighter coloured fry tend towards
the smaller and so if I lose any I expect it would be those babies. Hopefully,I
won't lose any and I will have a full tank of fish.

Oh,dear you did just say I could get babies once a month. At that rate I will
have to take some to the fish place because I will have too many fish in my
tank. lol.
:)
Erika

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From: beverly pardue <bmpardue@yahoo.com>
To: tropicalfishclub@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, February 28, 2011 11:40:22 PM
Subject: Re: [tropical fish club] Leaping Lizards my Platy babies are growing
fast.

Hi Erika,

I know what you mean about your platy babies being so cute. When I find new baby
guppies in my tank, I always smile. It's a great sight! I hope yours will
continue to grow well. Don't be alarmed if you lose one or two, that can happen.
But your Mama & Papa Platy will surely present you with more about once a month.

About names, I really don't know. I named my male rainbowfish for letters of the
Greek alphabaet (alpha, beta, gamma, etc.) so that I could remember who was
oldest/biggest/"alpha" but that wouldn't really work for your batch of fry. I'm
sure you will come up with some good ones.

Best wishes to you,
Beverly

Peace, please!

--- On Mon, 2/28/11, Erika <effervescentbirdsong@yahoo.ca> wrote:

> From: Erika <effervescentbirdsong@yahoo.ca>
> Subject: [tropical fish club] Leaping Lizards my Platy babies are growing
fast.
> To: tropicalfishclub@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Monday, February 28, 2011, 9:22 PM
> My three fry that were born in my
> thirty-five gallon tank are getting bigger. They say
> strength in numbers and even though there are only three
> they are getting bigger and stronger every day. They come up
> to the surface to eat with the much bigger fish that happen
> to be mom and dad.
> I have been making sure to break up the food so that they
> got enough to eat with as little waste as possible. While I
> had been feeding them in this way, I happened to notice some
> movement coming from one of the plants.
> Sure enough, we have two more babies.I know this is
> nothing when it comes to Fry(three hundred is a lot)but
> never the less five is exciting for me.
> They are so cute.
> Erika.
> When I bought my fish at the fish store they had said that
> Platy's wont' mind other species of the same kind of fish.
> For instance a Ocean Dusk Platy can mate with a regular
> Platy.
> Considering the five babies I would have to agree that
> Platy's aren't that fussy when it comes to picking a Platy
> mate.
> I am happy to have gotten five babies. They are really
> cute. I have been making sure the new babies get enough food
> too with out over feeding that is. I only give them food for
> five minutes and then only small amounts at a time.
> Plus, just in case I do a water change once a week.
> I need to name my babies so if anyone has any ideas I am
> open to suggestions.
> Thanks.
> Erika
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