Its been up and running since January and the tanks been going well. There's been infection & death and finally there's... birth!
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| Just after set up! |
So far, there appears to be a bunch of Molly fry and one Swordtail, totalling about seven. Can't really tell the true figure as you can never see them all at the same time. What was really amazing was that there is no male Swordtails in the tank, only three females. It turns out (after contacting my bro who I got them off and reading some articles), that the females can store up sperm from the males and produce subsequent broods, apparently up to three times. I didn't even make any special arrangements to separate them from the adults. Kind of leaning towards the survival of the fittest in an artificial environment.
The first picture: a molly fry in the foreground, and the second shows a Swordtail fry (taken with iPhone)
As to the original tank... I'm considering a cold water set-up with Black Moors or something like that. I've also changed where I was buying my fishes. I get them from Waterworld in Enfield now. The last time I got fishes from Pets At Home, there was a bit of infection in my tank and then they had a shut down of their system as they had major infestation. I still buy accessories and bits from Pets At Home as they are a bit cheaper.
