Sevaede
08-04-2006, 05:08 AM
Tonight, I went and got a tiny little black/green/silver platy (Shine) and a black and silver mollie (Set).
At 4:30 AM CST (30 mins ago) I had to rush and get a 2L heavy duty tupperware (forgive me, it's all I could find at this time of morning) and transfer my Squeesh and Shine to it while Feesh and Toad are in my other little tank.
Why, you ask? Set started having babies! I was sitting down, getting ready to go to sleep and all of a sudden I see a little pink dot zoom across the tank a few times. A closer inspection yielded a little black tail and big black eyes. As of right now, there are somewhere between 6-10 living and one dead (poor baby! :( ). So, all potential predators have been removed I believe (unless they're a danger to each other). They are all nice and active and, I must admit, pretty freakin cute. It was so weird and amazing. Set had her back end facing me but it was kind of elevated. All of a sudden, I see this little ball being pushed out and a little baby mollie unfurl its tail and zoom off!
I did not breed them nor had I any intentions to.
I really am at a loss as for what to do. I'll do a bunch of research and I hope and I'll try to help them live.
Update: The feeshy babies are all doing extremely well! Like I've said, they swim and play and go "boy oh boy" whenever I start crushing up flakes. It seems like they double in size every time I look at them! :p There are some that are black and white spotted all around. Most of them have pink heads and half black bodies. Some have one white stripe that goes around their stomach and back. So, they are pretty cute and getting big! :D
At 4:30 AM CST (30 mins ago) I had to rush and get a 2L heavy duty tupperware (forgive me, it's all I could find at this time of morning) and transfer my Squeesh and Shine to it while Feesh and Toad are in my other little tank.
Why, you ask? Set started having babies! I was sitting down, getting ready to go to sleep and all of a sudden I see a little pink dot zoom across the tank a few times. A closer inspection yielded a little black tail and big black eyes. As of right now, there are somewhere between 6-10 living and one dead (poor baby! :( ). So, all potential predators have been removed I believe (unless they're a danger to each other). They are all nice and active and, I must admit, pretty freakin cute. It was so weird and amazing. Set had her back end facing me but it was kind of elevated. All of a sudden, I see this little ball being pushed out and a little baby mollie unfurl its tail and zoom off!
I did not breed them nor had I any intentions to.
I really am at a loss as for what to do. I'll do a bunch of research and I hope and I'll try to help them live.
Update: The feeshy babies are all doing extremely well! Like I've said, they swim and play and go "boy oh boy" whenever I start crushing up flakes. It seems like they double in size every time I look at them! :p There are some that are black and white spotted all around. Most of them have pink heads and half black bodies. Some have one white stripe that goes around their stomach and back. So, they are pretty cute and getting big! :D