Pregnant Platies?
Hi Oliver. Thank you so much for your reply. yesterday before I e-mailed you I purchased a breeding net for each female “just in case”. I put them in and this morning we had 9 little fry in with one of the females. We are still waiting for the other female to have hers. Your website has been most helpful. But one more question. Are the fry too small at this point to eat baby brine shrimp? Should I wait a few weeks before I start feeding it to them? Thanks again for your help.. Sarah >> Hi Sarah, your platy babies will eat newly hatched brine shrimp and crushed flakes right away. Make sure to remove their mothers, they will eat their babies. I like to add some live plants or even plastic plants that have some algae growing on them as well, the babies like to pick at the algae. So if you have growing in your tank you can do that as well. You will be surprised how fast they grow. Good Luck, Oliver<< Fry Grow-out Tank Hi. Just wanted to say thanks for all the advice you have e-mailed me, a
