Hi guys, i've just bought a molly or a platy (not sure which one it is) mother from a fish store and came home with it and it gave birth to 48 fry. The fry our now in a 10 gallon tank. The water seems to get just a little bit cloudy but not too much. I dont have a filter in there. The temperature is perfectly at 80F all the time, but i keep loosing fish, 1 per day. Its been 4 days, so ive lost 4. Can anyone suggest to me why this is happening. Could it be because of no filtration?
A little help with FRY
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Most likely....Do you have an airstone in there for them ? I kept 3 guppy fry alive in a 1/2 gallon tank for a good while...with just an airstone and a few sprigs of live plant...I changed most of the water out every day though. They did quite well in there actually....it was temporary as I was waiting for them to get large enough to survive in the tank with the adults.
You can pic up a sponge filter for your fry tank and take some gravel from another tank that is already established and put it in a nylon bag in the there as well. You'll have to do 1/2 water changes at least every day for awhile until you get a good colony of beneficial bacteria in there.
You can pic up a sponge filter for your fry tank and take some gravel from another tank that is already established and put it in a nylon bag in the there as well. You'll have to do 1/2 water changes at least every day for awhile until you get a good colony of beneficial bacteria in there.
The other thing that might have been the problem(just realised right now) is that ive fed them alot. Can overfeeding them kill them? or does feeding them unregularly harm them as well?
And about the filter, i have a powered intake filter which i have a mech on the intake, but i dont turn it on because the first time i tryed it it created a current in the tank and the fry were swimming against it, so i thought it would stress them out. Should i still use it?
And about the filter, i have a powered intake filter which i have a mech on the intake, but i dont turn it on because the first time i tryed it it created a current in the tank and the fry were swimming against it, so i thought it would stress them out. Should i still use it?
Put a sponge over the intake so that the fry don't get sucked in. It will also lessen the current somewhat for them.
Is the tank cycled? How long has it been running?
Roan
Is the tank cycled? How long has it been running?
Roan
Could Mommy be eating them?
I'm new at this, but I've heard that the mommy, and other fish, will eat the fry. I've also read that the inferior fry will die off. Could these be possibilities?
I'm new at this, but I've heard that the mommy, and other fish, will eat the fry. I've also read that the inferior fry will die off. Could these be possibilities?
did u cycle the tank? Feed TINY amounts of powdered flake food 3 times a day. TINY amounts, they wont starve. And I agree with the advice to use a sponge filter and place a bag of gravel from your main tank in there. One trick for the future, I keep a sponge filter going in my main tank. When I need to instantly set up a new tank for bbay fish or a sick fish, I use the sponge filter since it is already colnized by benefitial bacteria.