Baby fish in my freshwater aquarium
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I bought an African butterfly fish not long ago and I read that they need floating plants to hide in and that they like warmer temperatures. The local pet store didn't have any of the usual floating plants in so I bought these until they get some. I adjusted the heat up just a tad for now. I need to make sure my other fish are happy too. This evening when I was feeding the fish and sprinkling in some bugs for the African butterfly fish I started looking at the plants and pulling out dying leaves. I thought I saw a bug or something hiding in the back but it was baby fish. I have no idea what kind and I've only counted 5 at one time. This video shows the reflection off of the surface of the water so you see double the fish. I wonder what kind they are. I have Mollies, Platies, pristella tetras among others less likely fish. I am surprised they made it this far since my African butterfly fish could eat them easily. I've only had babies in my tank once before and it was long time ago and totally different fish. Anyone have any idea what type these could be? UPDATE: They were platies and turns out they are worst than rabbits! They just kept pumping out babies and I was giving them to anyone who would take them (and promise not to feed them to anything). I ended up adjusting the temperature down a bit and now they have stopped squirting out babies left and right.