FINALLY!!

[Zman16]

I have kept swordtails for sooooooo long and never found a baby, but just yesterday I looked in the tank and found one swimming around . I put it in the breeder net thing before any fish got to it, then later on I found 2 more. How often are you supposed to feed swordtail fry? And how long does it take until there full adults (on average)?

Here are some Pics of the Mother, the Father and the fry. Sorry there a little blurry:

 

[Lotus]

This should give you info on feeding the young 'uns: http://www.myfishtank.net/forum/live-bearers-forum/17554-livebearers-faq.html

Congrats!

 

[TheFighterFish]

Cool Zman16,

congrats on the fry.

It looks like you're mixing strains.
Red Wag Tail + Blue (silver?)

My swordtail and platy mated. I have fry that are supposed to be Red Velvet and blue coral mix. Also, there are red velvet and black calico mix too. I have 5 currently and I would say only 1 has a nice color/pattern. The rest I kept for sentimental reasons.

 

[silver dollars]

Congrats on the fry!!!! I love the father and mother, there awsome!

 

[Panther28]

Congrats on the fry!!

 

[Zman16]

This is wierd question, but will Spring peeper tadpoles (which is probably the size of an ADF tadpole) eat the swordtail fry? I hope they don't but I need to make sure.

 

[Chazwick]

Congratulations!
I have only ever bred mollies and guppys (i have five guppy babies at the moment, all getting so big!), and it's a lot of fun!
Keep us updated!

 

[Zman16]

No there both swordtails. The mother is just smaller than normal females, and the male is part mollie.