Butterfly Goodeid fry!

Me vixen and zeke got to watch them have their first fry



She had 5 fry total, these suckers come out at a good 3/4" Almost painful to watch something that big to come out of a fish only 3" long

She looked like a starvation victim after she gave birth skinny and sagging skin.

I gotta get a pic of her, she really look like a deflated balloon!

How are the fry doing so far?

Great another one about to drop.

One looks like she will drop tomorrow and the other looks like in the next 2 weeks, they are really doing good!

Great, good to hear it.

I got my hands on 1 male and 5 females. They dropped 6 fry in the first week, shocked to see the fry are so big. Not sure if it was one female or two that dropped but either way that's some big babies to push out.

Me and zeke were cringing when we saw those lil fish pop out those giant fry!
Congrats on the fry Joe!

Wow that are some BIG fry

Ya they are super huge!

Exactly, the fry are born the size of a half grown Guppy, about half inch or a little bigger.

And they are a collector's item. Being completely extinct in the wild.

The Ameca river in Mexico has been polluted by restaurants and hotels catering to tourist in Puerto Vallarta, to the point where it cannot sustain any life at all.

Yes, that is a sad but true fact, Mexico has allowed tourism to destroy the natural resources in that area. I am currently trying to find more species from that area. The American Livebearer Association will be having it's annual convention on the east coast of Florida and I think I'll find some for sale there.

If I liked those fish I'd look into getting some to, but they look like huge guppies. It's sad though the only way to keep the species alive is in a fish tank

Think there is a trio for sale on aquabid for $17

joefish72 wrote: The American Livebearer Association will be having it's annual convention on the east coast of Florida and I think I'll find some for sale there.

Joe, please keep me posted, I want to see if I can make it too.