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.
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you could also use a small net or even a cup and try to catch them that way.worked for my cichlid fry's.
(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
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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