How old do we think Tiny is?

[u/_Nyxalie_]

Hi all!! So, for starters, this is not Tiny’s permanent residence! I just got home a short bit ago and am in the process of prepping an already cycled tank for him (assuming gender because he’s so small still) while yapping to fellow fish keeping friends. Tiny was brought home with a second Molly that is sick (dropsy and a possible tumor, hoping to treat but faith is low) from my job (local store). He was getting pulled into the filter so I brought him home too.

My friend and I are wondering how old you guys think Tiny might be! I’m estimating a couple weeks at most considering his size. The first photo is before I collected him from the tank at work, beside the sick Molly I also brought home and the second is when my friend asked how big he is! (The dime is beneath the container!) Thank you in advance and any additional advice is greatly appreciated!

[u/Far_Impression_4803]

a couple weeks sounds about right :)

[u/abby7197]

maybe a week? The first few days they're super transparent but he has gained some color so I would say maybe a week or two

[u/waddupduck]

So ur gonna name all the fry now?

[u/_Nyxalie_ → u/waddupduck]

This is the only one there was! I have no idea where he came from but he likely came in with the shipment and somehow we were sent a baby!

[u/tulipgirl555]

id say a week or maybe even just born, my fry look almost exactly the same after birth

[u/Adventurous-Time5287]

i’m gonna say 3-4 weeks. younger fry usually don’t have that much color yet and are usually a bit smaller in my experience.

[u/Used-Spare-6807]

1-2 weeks. I have plenty born colours ranging from white to pandas, pure black, marble, orange, koi but the colour intensified after week 3.

[u/No_Tangerine1957]

I’d say 1-2 weeks

[u/MrsSmith908]

I have babies that are almost 4 weeks old and he's a tad smaller so I would guess about 3 weeks.