Fry in my tank

Jun 10, 2011
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I have a 50 g tank. We had only 1 fish remaining an albino red tail. We wanted to get it going again so we got a couple platys, 2 Molly's and a new pleco. The Molly's died and the platys survived. A day after the mollys died I noticed 8 fry in the tank. I don't know who the parents are, the mollys or the platys. How can I tell? My tank has a lot of hiding spaces and not a lot of fish just the red tail, pleco and 2 platys. Do the fry have a better then average chance with this group?
 

Thyra

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Your fry should have a fair chance of surviving - better than average I would say. I have had several mollies die right after giving birth. Assuming your mollies were black or white, you should see the color on them very soon. Platies come in so many colors its hard to tell, but if they were orange, you should be able to tell.