Platy fry

[saiwong]

Yesterday my Platy gave birth to about 45 fry !!!

Am I correct that the fry don't need to be fed for the first 2 days (just like guppy fry) ?

My question is that the fry just seem to just stay motionless, is this normal for the first few days ?

[black ghost]

All livebearer fry start feeding soon after they’re born. It’s not normal for them to stay motionless, no. They’re normally out and about looking for food from birth, but they’ll stay hidden if they need to...

[nick1982]

My fry are all quite busy darting around most of the time.

Are the fry in the main aquarium or separated?

After separating the first batch of fry I have since just planted my aquarium with lots of hiding places and just leave them in. I think they feed of algae and micro organisms in the plants. I do crush some flakes and also give first bites sometimes but it makes a mess!

[saiwong]

I have my Platy fry in a hatchery along with Guppy fry that were born a few days earlier.
The Guppy fry are moving around with no issues.

The Platy fry are neither on the bottom of the hatchery or gasping for air at the top. The fry are just evenly spread around the hatchery at all levels.

I am just wondering if the Platy fry are just scared by their initial birth scenario, being in an smaller enclosed space with Mummy Platy that could have eaten them at any time. Maybe the Platy fry are just in "over cautious mode"

However the Platy fry were born just over 24 hours ago, so it is still early days, and I find my Guppy fry don't eat for the first two days anyway as they get nutrients from their yolk sacs. I will see what happens after 2 days and see if they move around more.

[black ghost]

If they still have their yolk sac they’re being born prematurely. If the mother is in a breeding trap the stress from that is possibly the cause.

[saiwong]

I don't see any yolk sac on the Platy fry but just trying to explain why I believe fry don't eat for the first couple of days and just use "internal nutrients" from birth

[Gingerlove05]

I’ve never known any livebearer fry not eat straight away. They might hang/hover around but generally they will go about looking for food/safe places.

[black ghost]

I don't see any yolk sac on the Platy fry but just trying to explain why I believe fry don't eat for the first couple of days and just use "internal nutrients" from birth

This does not happen. Under normal circumstances livebearer fry are not born till their yolk sac is fully absorbed. They’re hungry from birth.

[nick1982]

Sounds like they may be premature?

Hope they make it

[plankton]

All livebearers should be born ready to eat, that's the idea for livebearing......