BABIES

[thesoul2008]

in the last few days both my female mollies and all my female guppies have had babies which is good but there all in my main tank and i really dont want them in there i have been trying to catch them but its so hard without ripping out all my plants so i have put a breeding net in there just under the water so only the babies can get in there i have got a few out but there are still HEAPS in there does anyone know how i can get them out so i can put them in my 20G baby tank?
any info would be great

 

[bubbles42151]

chances are if you cant catch them then they'll have a good chance at surviving in the main tank. i would just remove the female mollies and guppies into the 20G when they're ready for their next drop which should be in about 4-6 weeks. or just do your best and catch all the fry you can.

 

[bubbles42151]

you could always rescape too

 

[stezatois]

one easy way to get a bunch of them would be to try to catch them at feeding time. I have noticed they are pretty fast at that size, but they do come to the surface when i drop in some ground up flake food. That should make it a little easier to try to catch a lot of them. You may have to do it over a few days though.

I have a similar selection of babies going on in my tank... Luckily I managed to get my ladies while they were preg and move them to the breeding/fry tank... made things so much easier... tho my molly young were born in the community tank and i only managed to catch one survivor that i found while on a snail hunt.

 

[Sweetheart]

congrats on the fry

 

[jm1212]

if your plants are that dense, then they should be fine growing up in the tank. then, you can take them out when they are bigger and easier to catch

 

[tjcher]

i made a fry house out of plastic canvas. The fry finds they way in when being chase, bigger fish can't get in. With all the holes food fall to them. It's been working great for me.