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spencer2009
10-24-2004, 6:42 PM
I have 6 zebra danios that are cycling my 29 gallon tank. I went to vacum the gravel and I noticed one in the gravel. It was really tiny, then I looked around the bottom and saw alot more that were underneath and on top of the gravel. My question is how do i get them out without killing them and what do I feed them? They are about the width of a human hair and the length of 3-4 millimeters.
Could you try gently sucking them out with a turkey baster?
britta6867
10-25-2004, 11:45 PM
you could also use a small net or even a cup and try to catch them that way.worked for my cichlid fry's.
SnakeIce
10-26-2004, 2:27 PM
(wife at the keyboard here, just so you know)
When we had baby danio's we just used the reg. siphen (sp?) to remove them to a bucket. we then used a Small (shot sized and plastic) cup to place them in small shallow "gladware" type containers that we changed the water in everyday, we also had them on a heating pad to keep warm. not the best plan but it worked.
something to try would be putting a piece of "stocking" over the intake for the filter on a small tank so that they cannot be sucked into the filter.
they also need liquid food (Tetra makes one for livebarers and one for egg layers).
Hope this helps
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