I know I will be sad if all of mine make it and I have to take them to the LFS but I can't keep all of them, there's no way. Mine seem to be doing well and getting bigger all the time. Someone mentioned using Vitachem, so I bought a small bottle of that and have been putting it in the water when I feed them. They are so cute, they are really starting to come out now, and momma knows when I get home from work and head to the tank that means "we get fed" and the little ones are starting to think that way as well and are beginning to understand I'm the lady with the food  I know what you mean about sucking them up when you clean, I'm terrified I'm going to get one of them and spend half an hour just trying to collect all of them, and have missed a few, but they were pretty smart and stayed out of the way. 

That's how I found mine, just little dots moving thru the water, thank goodness they are getting bigger and can be seen much easier  Their so cute and I'm really curious about some of the darker ones, I had 3 panda's and I wonder if any of them will be that color. The orange are really getting bright so I recongnize them right away, the others are a little bit harder to spot, but I'm really glad I've been able to enjoy this experience. Wishing you luck with Black beauty and keep us posted 

Awww...Vic.....your babies are growing up and moving out. Congrats on your success. Glad you are keeping Blake beauty.....way too pretty to let go of.

And I'm assuming you know how to gender fish? With platys you can't tell till they're pretty big, I've had baby platys who were boys, but then as they got older, turned into girls.