Guppy fry dies in tragic accident, need HELP!

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Emaleth

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With a saddened heart I write this post. I was so excited when about 2 weeks ago I found 4 baby guppies in my tank. They were so adorable! I already had one molly fry in a net breeder hanging off the side of the tank, so I added them in with him. They were all doing great and all seemed to be growing fast! Well, just about an hour ago, I was doing my pwc and when adding my water back into the tank I noticed part of a tail sticking out of the side of the net breeder-in between the net and one of the plastic sides. I *think* he got in between there while I was moving the net around as not to keep all the water from draining out of it. I am so BUMMED!!!!! I know he was just a fry, but he was in my care and I feel like I totally let him down!!! :sad:

So now, my question to you who have fry, how do you keep them safe as you're doing your water changes while using nets? I would like to eventually get just a fry tank, but at this point, I only have a qt that has the guppy mommy in it (she's a little down after having the babies). Any ideas or suggestions would be great. Thanks for listening...I'm going to cry now...
 
they have plastic floating breeder traps that are made of plastic and have tops to them so in case the top goes under the water line....
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Sorry about your fry. There really isn't much you can do to prevent things like that from happening, unless you get them their own tank. I've had fry crush themselves that way before but the final straw, and what made me get rid of my in-tank net, was when one of my male swordtails figured out he could jump into the net where he could safely munch away on fry to his hearts content. I lost almost all my fry that day…
 
I never had much luck with the floating fry catch either, I actually had fry get stuck in those plastic slits it has...frustrating. I concluded a cheep 10g or plastic bin with a foam filter and java moss was the easiest way to raise fry.
 
Those plastic traps are garbage don't waste your money on it. They don't let enough water flow into them and they get dirty fast. Also for the cost of that trap you could probably get a 10gal tank (about $7 by me). Like rowangel said a 10gal and a sponge filter would be all you would really need.
 
well, when in a pinch, the plastic floater will work, I've used it before. True enough, they do get dirty and there is minimum flow in it but I used to clean mine out with a turkey baster each day and everything worked fine for me so to each his own. I would recommend a to gallon (or 5 minimum) grow out tank over all but if you had to go with breeder nets/traps, this worked fine for me.
 
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