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I'm no fish expert, but...
Grey, skinny fish: no idea, I'll look in my fish book, later..
Grey-purple fish: some sort of tetras? They have the same sort of body shape.
Wait for other replies. I am not very experienced with fish, but that's just what they look like to me. I'll look through my fish book later to try to match pics.
You know what the others are, right?
Grey, skinny fish: no idea, I'll look in my fish book, later..
Grey-purple fish: some sort of tetras? They have the same sort of body shape.
Wait for other replies. I am not very experienced with fish, but that's just what they look like to me. I'll look through my fish book later to try to match pics.
You know what the others are, right?
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The purple lined fish is a painted tetra - I think a white skirt tetra dyed with purple.
Silver fish - I am guessing some kind of algae eater, depending on what his mouth looks like. He looks kinda like a gold algae eater but silver. Or something in the "shark" group.
Before I read your post fully, I thought you were also asking to ID the goldfish...
Silver fish - I am guessing some kind of algae eater, depending on what his mouth looks like. He looks kinda like a gold algae eater but silver. Or something in the "shark" group.
Before I read your post fully, I thought you were also asking to ID the goldfish...
Thank you all for your comments...yes i also got suspicious about the platy getting pregnant *SUNSMILE*...plz tell me when should i expect the off springs and how should i take care of her and the newcomers...?
@ Thyra...yes all these are in one tank...please tell me which ones to separate...i had the common gold fish and koi's since two months or so in this...the tetras and the platys i got last week and are in the same tank...i have another empty tank which i can setup for the tropical ones....do give me some pointers for the pregnant platys plz...*thumbsups
@ Thyra...yes all these are in one tank...please tell me which ones to separate...i had the common gold fish and koi's since two months or so in this...the tetras and the platys i got last week and are in the same tank...i have another empty tank which i can setup for the tropical ones....do give me some pointers for the pregnant platys plz...*thumbsups
The goldfish and koi are considered cold water fish and do best at temps in the 60s to low 70s where as tropical fish need temps over 75 to about 82. I wouldn't do anything about pregnant platys - just have plenty of hiding places for the fry. Some will survive. Fake or live plants work well and there are also some moss or leafy fake mats you can buy where they can hide.
Read this thread I found: http://www.myfishtank.net/forum/breeding/63079-pregnant-platy.html The second post (by kiara1125) is very helpful.
You never know when exactly they'll drop. I have been watching one of my mollies for weeks, but she just keeps on growing! I keep saying, 'she will have them within the next couple days', but a week later, nothing. She has gotten to the point where I really don't see how she can stretch any more, and she looks like she has swallowed a marble, but she is only 1 1/2 inches long! I really want the babies to come, but I have learned to wait. She SHOULD have them anytime, but it could be a couple of weeks before she finally drops! I hope not!
I hope not!
Sad news...i've lost my baby fish...it seems like the net of the breeding box that i made was not tight enough...today in the evening i saw my pregnany platy and its seemed thin...couldnt see any fry...then i started observing her and she really looked really thin like a normal male body...sometime later my wife saw her dropping a fry and immeadiately a bigger fish outside the net tried to bite it...i couldnt but i think i got sucked through the net into the goldfish's mouth. i added another net partition between the fish and waited for an hour or so but she did not lay any other...very sad moment for me...she couldnt have eaten all the fry herself because i kept feeding her but i think the other fish coudnt resist the temptation and sucked them out of the net...
Sad news...i've lost my baby fish...it seems like the net of the breeding box that i made was not tight enough...today in the evening i saw my pregnany platy and its seemed thin...couldnt see any fry...then i started observing her and she really looked really thin like a normal male body...sometime later my wife saw her dropping a fry and immeadiately a bigger fish outside the net tried to bite it...i couldnt but i think i got sucked through the net into the goldfish's mouth. i added another net partition between the fish and waited for an hour or so but she did not lay any other...very sad moment for me...she couldnt have eaten all the fry herself because i kept feeding her but i think the other fish coudnt resist the temptation and sucked them out of the net...
If you want to use the nets, its best to put something on the bottom (a handful of gravel perhaps) for the fry to escape from the other fish. Normally, you will have more luck saving fry by putting the pregnant livebearer into its own separate tank and provide lots of cover (live or fake plants, rock piles, etc) and remove her after she gives birth.
This is what I'm doing! Sorry to hijack the thread, but no one has replied and I can't get the pics online again until who knows when. Can someone take a look at the last post that I put about my pregnant fish? http://www.myfishtank.net/forum/freshwater-beginner-information-questions/65784-pregnant-fish-question.html Thanks!