CalmedByFish Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 My endler moms don't eat endler fry, so I assumed they also wouldn't eat newborn platy fry. But today I put 18 platy fry into the endler tank, netting them as they were being born. A few hours later, I could only find about 6. The tank has nothing in it but hornwort (which I removed to count), and an ACO sponge filter (which several of the fry were hiding deep inside of.) So, in the endler bellies? Platy fry are super similar to endler fry, so it just doesn't seem likely to me... yet I can't find the fry. I'm hoping it's just that they're hard to see, but I'd appreciate any experience you have with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flumpweesel Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 guessing here but I would assume parent fish will instinctively remove other fishes fry because it will compete with their own fry and reduce their chance of success in the wild . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty o Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 its quite likely they had platy for dinner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbit Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 Fish are so hard to predict sometimes. Their parental instincts are super different than ours. (Suuuuuper different. 😝) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalmedByFish Posted October 20, 2021 Author Share Posted October 20, 2021 (edited) I netted the remaining platy fry back out of the endlers' tank. Of the 19, there were 14 remaining. Not too bad. Edited October 20, 2021 by CalmedByFish 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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