Continuing Fry Saga

Ten of the fry are still alive. I put them all into the tank with their momma, and they seem to be thriving. I was going to give away the boys since I didn't think it would be a good idea to have opposing (gender) siblings all living together. I took each individual fry out and looked it over only to discover that all I have are girls!!! LOL I guess there will be no need to worry about keeping them all together! They do like being in the bigger tank and having more room to dart in and out of all the plants.

Older Fry back with Mom

These are the pix I promised of the older fry in with their Momma. They have a long ways to grow!

Momma, Auntie & 6-9-09 Fry

More Frys?

I thought I would be able to find the time to post some pix, but life got too busy this month to do much but simply "keep up." In the meantime, Minni had another batch of frys on July 18/19. We pulled out about 16 and put then in with the June 9 frys. We still have about 10 surviving (at least that's all we can find at any one time). One of the older fry died this past week. Yet the older ones have grown so much in the past week, that we have decided to put them in with the momma and other grownups. Before I took switched them to the big tank, I took photos of them along side the smaller fry. My camera is acting up, so I apologize for the quality. The pix still give you a good sense of their size differences.

Born 6/9/09 on 7/28/09	Born 6/9/09 on 7/28/09
Born 7/19/09 on 7/28/09	Born 7/19/09 on 7/28/09
Together - 7/28/09

Five at Four

I don't have new photos of the little fry rascals, but all five of the baby platy are alive and swimming after four+ weeks. They have not doubled in size in the past week, but they have grown quite a bit, and I am close to putting them back into the 10 gallon tank with their momma and aunts. Momma actually looks ready to deliver another batch of fry, by the way. Another platy in the larger tank appears ready to burst as well. I think I will switch her into the 10 gallon and move the two aunts in the small tank back into the big tank with the male.

I'll continue to keep you posted and try to get new photos within the week.