cherrybarbboi

hi, i have my first ever fry! the type of fish is unknown but i think it is a glofish. i think this because i have 2 male cherry barbs (not a possibility) 2 male guppys (not a possibility) a male and a female marble mollie (a possibility but i doubt it because the female never got big enough in the stomach for me to think that this is a real possibility even though the mollies are always showing signs of mating) and finally 2 glofish that i'm not sure of the sex but from what i know the female is rounded in the stomach (like one of my 2 glofish is) and the male is not very rounded in the stomach (my other glofish is like this). i have him in my breeding net/box thing that i have handy and am feeding him a little bit of flake that i crumpled into dust. am i doing this right? should i expect more fry soon? ill try to post a pic when i can.

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Toddnbecka

How big is the fry? Danio eggs are tiny, and the fry are barely visible when they hatch. Mollie fry are much larger when they're born, and fairly easy to recognize.
If it is a glofish fry and large enough to swim freely, there may be a few others in the tank as well. They are relatively slow-growing, so it's been in there for at least a few weeks already.

cherrybarbboi

ummm the fry is about a little less than a centimeter

Toddnbecka

Try googling danio fry and see if it matches the pics online.

cherrybarbboi

i am not sure if it matches the pics on google. the pics of danio fry shows that the tails are kind of long. at least thats what i got from the pictures. my fry (who i named surprise because he was a total surprise) has a little bit of a longer tail but im still not sure what surprise is. any other addvice would be great and thanks for the idea to search for a pic toddnbecka

harpua2002

It sounds like it might be a molly fry. Maybe your female has dropped fry before and they have been eaten before you had a chance to see them... could be a survivor. Any chance of a pic?

cherrybarbboi

sorry i couldnt get a pic he's too small but this would be the first time the mollie has dropped fry

cherrybarbboi

also i deff would have missed it because i was away over the weekend and discovered him/her on monday so you could be very right about them all being eaten

harpua2002

Well, I was just assuming that maybe your female molly had been holding sperm for a while... the females can hold it for a pretty surprising amount of time (I'm thinking a month, but don't have a ton of experience w/ livebearers) so maybe that's what happened.

cherrybarbboi

wowi didnt know that they could hold sperm for that long. how long does it take for marble molllies to get there coloring?

matt6765

It is proble the molly

Toddnbecka

Female molies can produce several litters from one mating, storing the sperm for much more than one month. Molly fry have color when they're born; it doesn't change as they grow.
Do you have live plants in the tank, particularly fairly new ones?

cherrybarbboi

i do not have live plants in the tank. also if it was the mollie that had the fry, i was wondering what you think the color would be like because one of the mollies (the female) is the regular marble "scheme" and the other (the male) was sold as a marble mollie but is all black so i think it is a black mollie.

Toddnbecka

If it is a mollie fry it will look like one of the parents, though not necessarily your male. Most likely it would either be black or marbled though.

cherrybarbboi

right now the fry is just whitish at the front and then down his body his coloring starts to get darker and turn gray. i iwsh i could post a pic but hes so small. my mom said he's probley a half centimeter or maybe a little less than that

matt6765

wow that is small.........

cherrybarbboi

thats why i think it might be danio fry. surprise is very small. he likes to hide in the corners of the breeders box/net thing. it is kinda hard to find him but i manage

matt6765

What are you feeding it?

cherrybarbboi

a small amount of flake that i crushed into dust, the peices are VERY little. i eish i could give it more variety. i have some frozen brine shrimp i add into my fishes diets but i dont know how to crush that up enough for surprise

matt6765

yea that is what I fed my guppy fry

cherrybarbboi

were they as small as surprise? do you think im taking care of him right?

matt6765

Well that is how big my guppy fry were but they get big fast I would say you are doing a good job..... maybe pick up some guppy fry food?

cherrybarbboi

they sell fry food? who knew ill go to petco tomorrow and get some

whisper

Don't know but it will be fun so watch it and see what you end up with.

cherrybarbboi

surprise is growing! he is deffinetly bigger than when i first found him on monday. i also noticed that there seem to be 2 cool looking circular markings on top of him. does anyone know if this describes a marble mollie or glofish?

cherrybarbboi

i just noticed that surprise has gotten some black dots like a marble mollie like his mother and that his tail is a dark gray and getting darker like his father!!!!!! i cant wait till his colors come in all the way and i get to see what he will look like when he/she is grown up

EvFreak

It sounds like a Guppy fry but who knows! try to provide a picture! hopefully that helps.

cherrybarbboi

surprise is ALOT beigger now and is most deffinetly a marble mollie and is looking just like his/her mother. its so amazing how fry grow so quickly

Tony G.

yay! can't wait to see the pic's of thisw baby!!!

cherrybarbboi

ill try to borrow my dads camera later and post some pics for you guys : )