My first swordtail baby!

[JohnHuff]

Yup. I saw the baby newborn again. It's Mom was trying to eat her. And then she swam away. I'm thinking about putting some barriers with bars in there so the babies will be safe.

 

[HARO]

You'll have to name him j.w.!!!
John

 

[CountryEscape]

I have a guppy female that is soooo fat, I have no idea how she has not yet had her babies. I'm sure they will all get eaten, but if any survive they sure will be tough. Actually, if I didn't have the large angle, or killifish or rose red barb, I think the babies might survive!

 

[JohnHuff]

I have a big fat pregnant guppy female too. I think she just releases a few babies at a time.

Good idea, I will name her jw!

 

[JohnHuff]

Boy you sure have a lot of action going on in that tank John

Is that a pun?

 

[j.w]

You says it as you sees it John. Fish just wanna have fun, Oh fish they wanna have fun................that's all they really waaaaaaaaaaaaaaant..................

 

[JohnHuff]

OK, this is what's happening in my small tank.

1) I saw 2 tiny baby fishes. I took some pics which I will try and upload but I doubt if they were in the pic since they were too small to be in focus. Not sure what they are, since they are only fry at the moment and no colors.

2) All shrimps have disappeared. Have no idea what happened. Probably a mistake to buy the tiger shrimp and it may have killed the amana shrimp and then died from injuries.

3) One of the female swordtails is suddenly afraid of people. When I come, it dashes madly about the tank at 60 mph, then hides in the back behind something. What the heck behavior is that? Is it giving birth time or something?

 

[addy1]

How neat! you are a fishy dad!

 

[JohnHuff]

OK, so we did a water change today and found that we have 3 more swordtail babies! We know they are swordtail babies because they're orange in color.

Looking at my last post, I think I first saw the frys (despite spell check, I'm going to have to believe that frys are spelled frys and not fries like the ones you eat) either on Wednesday (the day I posted) or a couple of days earlier. Today is Sunday. In 4-5 days, the frys have increased just a little in size and have turned into an orange color from the transparent yellow that they were.

 

[addy1]

How neat, bet my tank is a mess at home, will know soon

 

[HARO]

Actually, Dr. Sir, etc, etc, etc,... the plural of one fry is two fry. Just as deer does not become deers, fry does not become fries. (Unless you place them in the deep fryer!)
John (Proffessor of Proper English Useage)

 

[JohnHuff]

Actually, Dr. Sir, etc, etc, etc,... the plural of one fry is two fry. Just as deer does not become deers, fry does not become fries. (Unless you place them in the deep fryer!)
John (Proffessor of Proper English Useage)

HARO, I'm going to give you a giant thumbs up for this (no pun intended). I'm usually a real stickler for spelling but that was something that I completely missed! Thanks!

 

[j.w]

Congrats John on your new babies

 

[JohnHuff]

I had a much closer look at the fry today. They are all orange and are therefore all swordtails.

2 of the fry are bigger and 1 is smaller. They are much less shy than Haro since a couple of them don't mind swimming right up to the front at all, unlike Haro who was shy for a long time.

And they're not afraid to munch on the food right in front of my face. I will have to feed more often since fry are supposed to be fed 4-5x a day. I just hope they won't starve to death, which is one of my fears since the big fish pretty much try to gobble everything up. It's actually pretty neat to watch the fry try and eat food that is bigger than them. Even the tiniest guy chomps away at the flakes.

Haro by now is one of the crowd and is not afraid to go up to the surface to fight for flakes with the big fish.

Regarding the others, we never saw the Micro Thai Crab after the first day and we haven't seen the 2 shrimp ever since we released the Tiger shrimp into the tank. I think the Tiger shrimp killed the Amana shrimp. Never again will I put two different shrimps together!

 

[j.w]

Haro is not afraid anymore cuz he's part of a gang now.............watch out John those gang's can be dangerous