3 baby common plecos. I know, tank still too small for them
thinking of couple of new fish of whatever species would be compatible
50L (10G) guppy tank: will become boyfriend's tank. I've contaminated him with my MTS!
He wants to have lots of guppies
and a bristlenose or other small pleco
30L (6G): hospital tank. Thinking of maybe having a betta there instead, and using the nursery/quarantaine as hospital tank too.
25L (5G) nursery/quarantaine tank: 13 molly fry
Here's my tiny common pleco next to a marble for scale. Just a baby. Difficult to believe he's going to get huge! He was doing really great in a tank full of mollies and 2 other plecos but I had to move my plecos to another tank so I could medicate all my mollies.*
And here's my favorite: my female balloon molly. I didn't realize/think they were genetically modified when I got her, so I guess I'll have to boycot that species now, which is a real shame. She has the best personallity. Very endearing. Very brave, a gluttonous eater, and never aggressive (unlike some of my molly females). She just kind of potters about. She's really nosy and likes attention. Fabulous little fish.
And here's my 2 males. I have no idea precisely which race the golden molly is but the gonopodium makes it clearly a male. Pretty convinced he's a molly, not a platty, although the shop sold it to me as a platty (female)! For once, these guys aren't fighting. Very rare opportunity. Can't wait til my bigger tank is arrived/cycled so they've got more space/females. Currently, 60L for 2 males and 3 females. Not ideal.
Here's my female gold/dalmatian molly. I keep thinking she's got fin rot because of the stupid pattern on her tail. She's a right bully when food time comes. She's also a heat freak. Often hanging around the thermostat.*
Those are some great pics of your fish.. i didn't know of balloon mollys before or them being genetically modified, that's a shame.
Yes, it's really unfortunate as that one's got the greatest personality. What they do is selectively breed fish suffering from severe scoliosis (bent spine), which gives them the pot belly. The squashing of their organs, and the extra strain on swimming due to their less than ideal morphology is supposed to reduce their life span. I certainly hope that mine is an exception as I am very attached!
Yes, it's really unfortunate as that one's got the greatest personality. What they do is selectively breed fish suffering from severe scoliosis (bent spine), which gives them the pot belly. The squashing of their organs, and the extra strain on swimming due to their less than ideal morphology is supposed to reduce their life span. I certainly hope that mine is an exception as I am very attached!
I hope so too. We have 4 platy fry with that condition. (I think from them being the product of in-store inbreeding.) They still have all the platy personality though.
We just got fry! My boyfriend noticed about 10 this morning, but I was only back tonight so I could only save 5. Ah well. Natural selection needs to do its job in my badly overcrowded situation. Can't wait for that bigger tank to arrive. Put the fry in the hospital-turned-nursery tank. They are dwarved by my 40L!
We just got fry! My boyfriend noticed about 10 this morning, but I was only back tonight so I could only save 5. Ah well. Natural selection needs to do its job in my badly overcrowded situation. Can't wait for that bigger tank to arrive. Put the fry in the hospital-turned-nursery tank. They are dwarved by my 40L!
do you know which fish gave you the fry? keep an eye out the next few days for more and search the tank thoroughly for more that are hiding (with him ready with the net to grab the fry before a nearby fish can). our platy fry were amazingly good at hiding.. i kept finding more everytime that i was certain i'd found them all when i searched for them.
Boyfriend as a theory about the mother: the large golden nugget (pictured in one of the boxes above). No idea who the father is, although more than likely our aggressive dalmatian sailfin. Golden male was not mature until a couple of weeks back.
Found another one: that's 6. Some are dalmatian silver, one is very dark silver, one is jet black (yeah! black molly gene resurfacing). Who knows what they'll look like in a few weeks' time, but it's fun guessing!
I have the feeling I won't find anymore, but never say never, as they were indeed amazingly good at hiding. It's a wonder any of them got munched!
Here's another couple. For some reason the fry seems to like to stick around in schools of 2 or 3. They are sooo shy, though. I guess it's not for no reason they're still alive. Good hiders, good hiders. Meet my SAS fry! Feels like they'd survive anything (am I tempting fate?).
Good luck with them!
