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I am still new to owning tropical and I’ve had my fishies for not even a week now and I am obsessed with all of them! 😍😍😍 but today I found little guy! So cute!! I know there’s a good chance he may get eaten but I have my fingers crossed for him it’s the first baby fish I’ve ever seen how adorable 😇

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Baby platy :) (I’d suspect ;))
He’s around a week or so old I reckon, they’re all eyes and see-through when they’re first born. They’re also all female when first born, they start to show dimorphism around 4 months+ (like us they all develop at different times/speeds)
To the tune of “the saints go marching in”:
Oh fluffy sheep! Oh fluffy sheep! Oh fluffy sheep are wonderful, they’re white Welsh and fluffy! Oh fluffy sheep are wonderful!
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Looks more like a Molly to me.

Livebearers are not all born female. Their sex is determined by their chromosomes, so they’re born either male or female. With a good eye you can sometimes sex them at one week old, as the leading ray of a female’s anal fin is very slightly curved. Gonopodiums don’t develop till sexual maturity, but they’re born male.
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Gingerlove05 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 15, 2023 21:26 pm Baby platy :) (I’d suspect ;))
black ghost wrote: ↑Wed Feb 15, 2023 22:05 pm Looks more like a Molly to me.
Nope, definitely Piranha fry. :grin: ...Seriously though, I agree with @black ghost, Molly, Poecilia sp.
WARNING - DO NOT BREED, FEED OR PET THE PUDDLE! :dodgy2:
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Shows what I know…
I’ll be quiet now
To the tune of “the saints go marching in”:
Oh fluffy sheep! Oh fluffy sheep! Oh fluffy sheep are wonderful, they’re white Welsh and fluffy! Oh fluffy sheep are wonderful!
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Gingerlove05 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 16, 2023 14:06 pm Shows what I know…
I’ll be quiet now
I'd stick to the sheep if I was you. 😛
WARNING - DO NOT BREED, FEED OR PET THE PUDDLE! :dodgy2:
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@Kchughes93 - have you got any mollies yet? I thought you only had platies?
If at first you don't succeed....
...get someone else to do it! :D

Enjoy your fish, shrimps and snails!
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plankton wrote: ↑Fri Feb 17, 2023 8:26 am @Kchughes93 - have you got any mollies yet? I thought you only had platies?
@plankton

On another forum he/she(?) said they have Platies and Mollies.

(I’m not a traitor. This forum just isn’t busy enough for me. I’m following 6 now and they’re still not busy enough. I’m also having to straddle the Pond, which I don’t really like doing). I tried to join an Irish one once, but they needed my physical address, and for some reason they didn’t believe 1, Any Street, Anytown existed.
This one is my favourite though. :)
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clawed it back with the last sentence!
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black ghost wrote: ↑Fri Feb 17, 2023 12:45 pm
plankton wrote: ↑Fri Feb 17, 2023 8:26 am @Kchughes93 - have you got any mollies yet? I thought you only had platies?
@plankton

On another forum he/she(?) said they have Platies and Mollies.

(I’m not a traitor. This forum just isn’t busy enough for me. I’m following 6 now and they’re still not busy enough. I’m also having to straddle the Pond, which I don’t really like doing). I tried to join an Irish one once, but they needed my physical address, and for some reason they didn’t believe 1, Any Street, Anytown existed.
This one is my favourite though. :)
I can't stand the US forums, they're so abrasive....
This better be your favourite! ;) :D
If at first you don't succeed....
...get someone else to do it! :D

Enjoy your fish, shrimps and snails!
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