Mack

I Have 1 Gold Dust Molly, 1 Pineapple Platy, And I Had Two Red Micky Mouse Platies But 1 Died. I Think Somehow I Breeded Them Because I Seen 6 To 8 Little Very Small Fish Swimming At The Bottom Of My Tank. They Are Half The Size Of A Rock Of Gravel. This Is Crazy. I Dont Know How This Could Of Happen. No Other Fish At All Touch My Tank Besides My Own I Am Sure Of That. When 1 Of My Micky Mouse Platies Died It Was Swimming All Weird Like It Had No Balance. Its Fins Were Fine And Everything. It Would Sit At The Bottom Then Swim Up And Fall Right Back Down. Eventually He Died So I Took Him Out. A Day Later I Seen These Little Fishes Swimmin. My Question Is What The Heck Do I Do. Here Are Some Pics. The First Two Are The Babies And The Last Is A Quick Pic I Took Of My Fish.

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mlinden84

Did you notice any of the fish had gotten really fat lately (ie pregnant)?
Do you have any plants/hiding places for the babies? If not, and you want them to survive, you will need to get them out and put them in another tank or a heated/filtered bowl. (or if you have or can get a breeding net that would work great too!)
Congrats on the babies!!

Chief_waterchanger

If you have a male and female platy together that are sexually mature and fertile they almost always will breed. Platies and Mollies wouldn't crossbreed, though. If you have sexually mature females that have been housed with sexually mature males (female platy with male platy or female molly with male molly) in the past 6 months then that is more than likely the reason for the fry.

Congrats on breeding them.

Mack

Thanks a lot

mlinden84

How are the babies?