Baby!

The community tank welcomed a new arrival overnight. A baby molly was discovered early this morning hiding behind the green plant at heater-side. It is not known which mollies spawned the fry, but given the tail markings, a Mickey Mouse Molly was definitely involved.

The small fry is bright yellow with the distinctive "Mickey Mouse ears" markings on the tail. Other fry likely were spawned and eaten by predators overnight. Because fry are small, this one managed to survive by hiding behind the plant. The water's recent murkiness may also have helped the small fish elude predators until he was caught and placed in an isolation bowl at 8:40 this morning.

Only yesterday the tankkeeper was commenting on the need for a fry cage in the event that fish would spawn offspring.