cavdad45 Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 About two weeks ago, I found out one of my platys gave birth. Naturally I only saved one baby before the natural cannibalism. Tossed him into a breeder for protective custody. After a few days, he was looking pretty confined and lonely so I put him into my bathroom 6gal tank that only houses Gary, a blue mystery snail. Last night I was checking on him and feeding him, and I discovered a new fish. I really don't know where he came from since that's an isolation tank. It's too small to tell what he is, but he's active, an eater, and swims hard into the bubble stream. Time will eventually reveal what he is, but as usual, every new baby is exciting. By the way, that platy tank does have 5 fry that are bravely swimming unmolested with its parents. Happy days in the hobby 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwissAquarist Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 Mystery fry are the best! @flyingcow once had one which transpired to be a guppy/Endler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theplatymaster Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 can you provide a picture? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JettsPapa Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 On 1/4/2023 at 10:30 AM, Theplatymaster said: can you provide a picture? . . . and tell us what other fish are in the tank? That should narrow down the possibilities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwissAquarist Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 On 1/4/2023 at 4:58 PM, cavdad45 said: swims hard into the bubble stream. Could be some kind of danio/rasboras/tetra? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty o Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 On 1/4/2023 at 10:34 AM, TheSwissAquarist said: Could be some kind of danio/rasboras/tetra? yup, likely some egg layer, and the egg came out with the baby when you netted it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavdad45 Posted January 4, 2023 Author Share Posted January 4, 2023 My best guess is that it was a three spot rasbora that had an egg from a piece of water sprite. Too small to photograph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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